boondoggle vs dissipation

boondoggle and dissipation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
boondoggle	Yes	No	Yes	No
dissipation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dissipation is a hypernym of boondoggle; that is, dissipation is a word with a broader meaning than boondoggle:

boondoggle: work of little or no value done merely to look busy
dissipation: useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

Other hypernyms of boondoggle include waste, wastefulness.

boondoggle (noun)	dissipation (noun)
work of little or no value done merely to look busy	dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
	useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
	breaking up and scattering by dispersion

boondoggle (verb)	dissipation (verb)
do useless, wasteful, or trivial work