stance vs attitude

stance and attitude both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stance	Yes	No	No	No
attitude	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, attitude is a hypernym of stance; that is, attitude is a word with a broader meaning than stance:

Other hypernyms of stance include position, posture.

As nouns, attitude is a hypernym of stance; that is, attitude is a word with a broader meaning than stance:

stance: a rationalized mental attitude
attitude: a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways

Other hypernyms of stance include mental attitude.

stance (noun)	attitude (noun)
standing posture	a theatrical pose created for effect
a rationalized mental attitude	the arrangement of the body and its limbs
	a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
	position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion)