exploitation vs utilization

exploitation and utilization both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
exploitation	Yes	No	No	No
utilization	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, utilization is a hypernym of exploitation; that is, utilization is a word with a broader meaning than exploitation:

exploitation: the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
utilization: the act of using

Other hypernyms of exploitation include employment, exercise, usage, use, utilisation.

exploitation (noun)	utilization (noun)
the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful	the act of using
an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)	the state of having been made use of