woodwind family vs category

woodwind family and category both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
woodwind family	Yes	No	No	No
category	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, category is a hypernym of woodwind family; that is, category is a word with a broader meaning than woodwind family:

Other hypernyms of woodwind family include class, family.

woodwind family (noun)	category (noun)
(music) the family of woodwind instruments	a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
	a collection of things sharing a common attribute