echolocation vs locating

echolocation and locating both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
echolocation	Yes	No	No	No
locating	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, locating is a hypernym of echolocation; that is, locating is a word with a broader meaning than echolocation:

echolocation: determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it
locating: a determination of the place where something is

Other hypernyms of echolocation include fix, localisation, localization, location.

echolocation (noun)	locating (noun)
determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it	the act of putting something in a certain place
	a determination of the place where something is