tautness vs status

tautness and status both are nouns.

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

As nouns, status is a hypernym of tautness; that is, status is a word with a broader meaning than tautness:

Other hypernyms of tautness include condition.

tautness (noun)	status (noun)
lack of movement or room for movement	the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
the physical condition of being stretched or strained	a state at a particular time