dodging vs avoidance

dodging and avoidance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dodging	Yes	No	No	No
avoidance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dodging and avoidance are synonyms defined as:

dodging and avoidance: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

Other synonyms of dodging include shunning, turning away.

dodging (noun)	avoidance (noun)
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do	deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery