direction vs handling

direction and handling both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
direction	Yes	No	No	No
handling	Yes	No	No	No

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

direction (noun)	handling (noun)
the act of managing something	manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something
the act of setting and holding a course	the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means
a general course along which something has a tendency to develop	the management of someone or something
the concentration of attention or energy on something
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
a message describing how something is to be done
a line leading to a place or point
the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves