anointment vs covering

anointment and covering both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
anointment	Yes	No	No	No
covering	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, covering is a hypernym of anointment; that is, covering is a word with a broader meaning than anointment:

Other hypernyms of anointment include application, coating.

anointment (noun)	covering (noun)
the act of applying oil or an oily liquid	the act of protecting something by covering it
	the work of applying something
	the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
	an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
	a natural object that covers or envelops