centering vs immersion

centering and immersion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
centering	Yes	No	No	No
immersion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, immersion is a hypernym of centering; that is, immersion is a word with a broader meaning than centering:

Other hypernyms of centering include absorption, concentration, engrossment.

centering (noun)	immersion (noun)
(American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back	a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged
the concentration of attention or energy on something	the act of wetting something by submerging it
	complete attention; intense mental effort
	sinking until covered completely with water
	(astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse