stage direction vs instruction

stage direction and instruction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stage direction	Yes	No	No	No
instruction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, instruction is a hypernym of stage direction; that is, instruction is a word with a broader meaning than stage direction:

Other hypernyms of stage direction include direction.

stage direction (noun)	instruction (noun)
an instruction written as part of the script of a play	the profession of a teacher
	the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
	(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
	a message describing how something is to be done