broil vs cooking

broil and cooking both are nouns.

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

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

broil: cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
cooking: the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

Other hypernyms of broil include cookery, preparation.

broil (noun)	cooking (noun)
cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)	the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

broil (verb)	cooking (verb)
cook under a broiler
heat by a natural force
be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun