spectrum vs ambit

spectrum and ambit both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spectrum	Yes	No	No	No
ambit	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ambit is a hypernym of spectrum; that is, ambit is a word with a broader meaning than spectrum:

spectrum: a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities
ambit: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

Other hypernyms of spectrum include compass, orbit, range, reach, scope.

spectrum (noun)	ambit (noun)
a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities	an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave