carving vs art

carving and art both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
carving	Yes	No	No	No
art	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, art is a hypernym of carving; that is, art is a word with a broader meaning than carving:

Other hypernyms of carving include artistic creation, artistic production, beaux arts, fine arts.

carving (noun)	art (noun)
creating figures or designs in three dimensions	the creation of beautiful or significant things
removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape	the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape	a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation
	photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication