dating vs qualitative analysis

dating and qualitative analysis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dating	Yes	No	No	No
qualitative analysis	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, qualitative analysis is a hypernym of dating; that is, qualitative analysis is a word with a broader meaning than dating:

dating: use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens
qualitative analysis: the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements

Other hypernyms of dating include chemical analysis.

dating (noun)	qualitative analysis (noun)
use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens	the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements