chain of mountains vs formation

chain of mountains and formation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chain of mountains	Yes	No	No	No
formation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, formation is a hypernym of chain of mountains; that is, formation is a word with a broader meaning than chain of mountains:

Other hypernyms of chain of mountains include geological formation.

chain of mountains (noun)	formation (noun)
a series of hills or mountains	the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
	the act of forming or establishing something
	creation by mental activity
	a particular spatial arrangement
	an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
	(geology) the geological features of the earth
	natural process that causes something to form