dissection vs analytic thinking

dissection and analytic thinking both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dissection	Yes	No	No	No
analytic thinking	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, analytic thinking is a hypernym of dissection; that is, analytic thinking is a word with a broader meaning than dissection:

dissection: a minute and critical analysis
analytic thinking: the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations

Other hypernyms of dissection include analysis.

dissection (noun)	analytic thinking (noun)
cutting so as to separate into pieces	the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work)
a minute and critical analysis