distribution list vs listing

distribution list and listing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
distribution list	Yes	No	No	No
listing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, listing is a hypernym of distribution list; that is, listing is a word with a broader meaning than distribution list:

Other hypernyms of distribution list include list.

distribution list (noun)	listing (noun)
list of names to whom a communication should be sent	the act of making a list of items
	a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)