audiotape vs taping

audiotape and taping both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
audiotape	Yes	No	No	No
taping	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, taping is a hypernym of audiotape; that is, taping is a word with a broader meaning than audiotape:

Other hypernyms of audiotape include audio, audio recording, sound recording, tape, tape recording.

audiotape (noun)	taping (noun)
magnetic tape for use in recording sound	a recording made on magnetic tape
a tape recording of sound