baking vs cooking

baking and cooking both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
baking	Yes	Yes	No	No
cooking	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cooking is a hypernym of baking; that is, cooking is a word with a broader meaning than baking:

baking: cooking by dry heat in an oven
cooking: the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

Other hypernyms of baking include cookery, preparation.

baking (noun)	cooking (noun)
cooking by dry heat in an oven	the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
making bread or cake or pastry etc.

baking (adjective)	cooking (adjective)
as hot as if in an oven