status vs dominant

status and dominant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
status	Yes	No	No	No
dominant	Yes	Yes	No	No

status (noun)	dominant (noun)
the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society	an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
a state at a particular time	(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale

status (adjective)	dominant (adjective)
	exercising influence or control
	(of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar
	most frequent or common