cornhusking vs uncovering

cornhusking and uncovering both are nouns.

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

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

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

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