course vs steps

course and steps both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
course	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
steps	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of course include collision course, inside track, round, belt, swath, trail.

course (noun)	steps (noun)
a mode of action	a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings	the course along which a person has walked or is walking in
facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
(construction) a layer of masonry
part of a meal served at one time
a connected series of events or actions or developments
a body of students who are taught together
general line of orientation
a line or route along which something travels or moves

course (adverb)	steps (adverb)
as might be expected