cooking vs browning

cooking and browning both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cooking	Yes	No	No	No
browning	Yes	No	No	No

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

cooking: the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
browning: cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill

cooking (noun)	browning (noun)
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat	cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill