discovery vs uncovering

discovery and uncovering both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
discovery	Yes	No	No	No
uncovering	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, discovery and uncovering are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of discovery include find.

discovery (noun)	uncovering (noun)
the act of discovering something	the act of discovering something
a productive insight	the removal of covering
something that is discovered
(law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case