ducking vs hunting

ducking and hunting both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ducking	Yes	No	No	No
hunting	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hunting is a hypernym of ducking; that is, hunting is a word with a broader meaning than ducking:

ducking: hunting ducks
hunting: the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

Other hypernyms of ducking include hunt.

ducking (noun)	hunting (noun)
the act of wetting something by submerging it	the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
hunting ducks	the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
	the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone