bastardy proceeding vs lawsuit

bastardy proceeding and lawsuit both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bastardy proceeding	Yes	No	No	No
lawsuit	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lawsuit is a hypernym of bastardy proceeding; that is, lawsuit is a word with a broader meaning than bastardy proceeding:

bastardy proceeding: a lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined)
lawsuit: a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

Other hypernyms of bastardy proceeding include case, causa, cause, suit.

bastardy proceeding (noun)	lawsuit (noun)
a lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined)	a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy