excoriation vs lesion

excoriation and lesion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
excoriation	Yes	No	No	No
lesion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lesion is a hypernym of excoriation; that is, lesion is a word with a broader meaning than excoriation:

excoriation: an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
lesion: an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)

Other hypernyms of excoriation include wound.

excoriation (noun)	lesion (noun)
severe censure	any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off	an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)