feeding vs intake

feeding and intake both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
feeding	Yes	No	No	No
intake	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, intake is a hypernym of feeding; that is, intake is a word with a broader meaning than feeding:

feeding: the act of consuming food
intake: the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

Other hypernyms of feeding include consumption, ingestion, uptake.

feeding (noun)	intake (noun)
the act of consuming food	the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
the act of supplying food and nourishment	the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
	an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container