escape mechanism vs dodging

escape mechanism and dodging both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
escape mechanism	Yes	No	No	No
dodging	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dodging is a hypernym of escape mechanism; that is, dodging is a word with a broader meaning than escape mechanism:

escape mechanism: a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities
dodging: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

Other hypernyms of escape mechanism include escape, evasion.

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