clearing vs parcel

clearing and parcel both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
clearing	Yes	No	No	No
parcel	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, parcel is a hypernym of clearing; that is, parcel is a word with a broader meaning than clearing:

clearing: a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
parcel: an extended area of land

Other hypernyms of clearing include parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract.

clearing (noun)	parcel (noun)
the act of freeing from suspicion	the allotment of some amount by dividing something
the act of removing solid particles from a liquid	a wrapped container
a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area	a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
	an extended area of land

clearing (verb)	parcel (verb)
	make into a wrapped container
	cover with strips of canvas
	divide into parts