shawm vs hautboy

shawm and hautboy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shawm	Yes	No	No	No
hautboy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hautboy is a hypernym of shawm; that is, hautboy is a word with a broader meaning than shawm:

shawm: a medieval oboe
hautboy: a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece

Other hypernyms of shawm include hautbois, oboe.

shawm (noun)	hautboy (noun)
a medieval oboe	a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece