enactment vs legislation

enactment and legislation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
enactment	Yes	No	No	No
legislation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, legislation is a hypernym of enactment; that is, legislation is a word with a broader meaning than enactment:

Other hypernyms of enactment include lawmaking, legislating.

enactment (noun)	legislation (noun)
acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture	the act of making or enacting laws
the passing of a law by a legislative body	law enacted by a legislative body
a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body