ferry vs shipping

ferry and shipping both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ferry	Yes	No	Yes	No
shipping	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, shipping is a hypernym of ferry; that is, shipping is a word with a broader meaning than ferry:

Other hypernyms of ferry include transport, transportation.

ferry (noun)	shipping (noun)
transport by boat or aircraft	the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule	conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry

ferry (verb)	shipping (verb)
travel by ferry
transport by ferry
transport from one place to another