cornhusking vs denudation

cornhusking and denudation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cornhusking	Yes	No	No	No
denudation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, denudation is a hypernym of cornhusking; that is, denudation is a word with a broader meaning than cornhusking:

Other hypernyms of cornhusking include baring, husking, stripping, uncovering.

cornhusking (noun)	denudation (noun)
the act of removing the husks from ears of corn	the removal of covering
a social gathering for the purpose of husking corn