derision vs befooling

derision and befooling both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
derision	Yes	No	No	No
befooling	Yes	No	No	No

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

derision: contemptuous laughter
befooling: derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent

Other hyponyms of derision include jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing, put-down, squelch, squelcher, takedown, stultification.

derision (noun)	befooling (noun)
the act of deriding or treating with contempt	derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent
contemptuous laughter