finger-painting vs painting

finger-painting and painting both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
finger-painting	Yes	No	No	No
painting	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, painting is a hypernym of finger-painting; that is, painting is a word with a broader meaning than finger-painting:

As nouns, painting is a hypernym of finger-painting; that is, painting is a word with a broader meaning than finger-painting:

finger-painting: a painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers
painting: graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

Other hypernyms of finger-painting include picture.

finger-painting (noun)	painting (noun)
painting by using the fingers to spread the paint	creating a picture with paints
a painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers	the occupation of a house painter
	the act of applying paint to a surface
	graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface