drifting vs wandering

drifting and wandering both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drifting	Yes	Yes	No	No
wandering	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, wandering is a hypernym of drifting; that is, wandering is a word with a broader meaning than drifting:

Other hypernyms of drifting include roving, vagabondage.

drifting (noun)	wandering (noun)
aimless wandering from place to place	travelling about without any clear destination

drifting (adjective)	wandering (adjective)
continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another	of a path e.g.
	having no fixed course
	migratory