performing arts vs humanities

performing arts and humanities both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
performing arts	Yes	No	No	No
humanities	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, humanities is a hypernym of performing arts; that is, humanities is a word with a broader meaning than performing arts:

performing arts: arts or skills that require public performance
humanities: studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)

Other hypernyms of performing arts include arts, humanistic discipline, liberal arts.

performing arts (noun)	humanities (noun)
arts or skills that require public performance	studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)