batting vs effort

batting and effort both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
batting	Yes	No	No	No
effort	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, effort is a hypernym of batting; that is, effort is a word with a broader meaning than batting:

batting: (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base
effort: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

Other hypernyms of batting include attempt, endeavor, endeavour, try.

batting (noun)	effort (noun)
(baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base	earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber	use of physical or mental energy; hard work
	a notable achievement
	a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end