bye vs yielding

bye and yielding both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bye	Yes	No	No	No
yielding	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, yielding is a hypernym of bye; that is, yielding is a word with a broader meaning than bye:

bye: an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
yielding: the act of conceding or yielding

Other hypernyms of bye include conceding, concession.

bye (noun)	yielding (noun)
a farewell remark	the act of conceding or yielding
an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent	a verbal act of admitting defeat

bye (adjective)	yielding (adjective)
	tending to give in or surrender or agree
	inclined to yield to argument or influence or control
	lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure