compulsion vs causing

compulsion and causing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
compulsion	Yes	No	No	No
causing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, causing is a hypernym of compulsion; that is, causing is a word with a broader meaning than compulsion:

Other hypernyms of compulsion include causation.

compulsion (noun)	causing (noun)
using force to cause something to occur	the act of causing something to happen
an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid