shawm vs oboe

shawm and oboe both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of shawm include hautbois, hautboy.

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