xerotes vs status

xerotes and status both are nouns.

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

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

xerotes: the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)
status: a state at a particular time

Other hypernyms of xerotes include condition.

xerotes (noun)	status (noun)
the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)	the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
	a state at a particular time