clearing vs vindication

clearing and vindication both are nouns.

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

As nouns, vindication is a hyponym of clearing; that is, vindication is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than clearing:

clearing: the act of freeing from suspicion
vindication: the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.

Other hyponyms of clearing include purgation, purge, purging, exoneration, whitewash.

clearing (noun)	vindication (noun)
the act of freeing from suspicion	the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.
the act of removing solid particles from a liquid	the justification for some act or belief
a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area