tenseness vs status

tenseness and status both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of tenseness include condition.

tenseness (noun)	status (noun)
the physical condition of being stretched or strained	the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense	a state at a particular time