selectwoman vs woman

selectwoman and woman both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
selectwoman	Yes	No	No	No
woman	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, woman is a hypernym of selectwoman; that is, woman is a word with a broader meaning than selectwoman:

selectwoman: a female elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns
woman: an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

Other hypernyms of selectwoman include elected official, adult female.

selectwoman (noun)	woman (noun)
a female elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns	women as a class
	an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
	a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man