decriminalization vs lawmaking

decriminalization and lawmaking both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
decriminalization	Yes	No	No	No
lawmaking	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lawmaking is a hypernym of decriminalization; that is, lawmaking is a word with a broader meaning than decriminalization:

decriminalization: legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal
lawmaking: the act of making or enacting laws

Other hypernyms of decriminalization include legislating, legislation.

decriminalization (noun)	lawmaking (noun)
legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal	the act of making or enacting laws