disforestation vs denudation

disforestation and denudation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
disforestation	Yes	No	No	No
denudation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, denudation is a hypernym of disforestation; that is, denudation is a word with a broader meaning than disforestation:

Other hypernyms of disforestation include baring, husking, stripping, uncovering.

disforestation (noun)	denudation (noun)
the removal of trees	the removal of covering