authentication vs marking

authentication and marking both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
authentication	Yes	No	No	No
marking	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, marking is a hypernym of authentication; that is, marking is a word with a broader meaning than authentication:

authentication: a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity
marking: a distinguishing symbol

Other hypernyms of authentication include mark, marker.

authentication (noun)	marking (noun)
validating the authenticity of something or someone	evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity	the act of making a visible mark on a surface
	a pattern of marks
	a distinguishing symbol