counseling vs guidance

counseling and guidance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
counseling	Yes	No	No	No
guidance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, counseling and guidance are synonyms defined as:

counseling and guidance: something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

Other synonyms of counseling include counsel, counselling, direction.

counseling (noun)	guidance (noun)
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action	the act of setting and holding a course
	the act of guiding or showing the way
	something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action