exploration vs hunting

exploration and hunting both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
exploration	Yes	No	No	No
hunting	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hunting is a hypernym of exploration; that is, hunting is a word with a broader meaning than exploration:

exploration: a careful systematic search
hunting: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

Other hypernyms of exploration include hunt, search.

exploration (noun)	hunting (noun)
a careful systematic search	the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
to travel for the purpose of discovery	the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
a systematic consideration	the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone