fingering vs touching

fingering and touching both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fingering	Yes	No	No	No
touching	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, touching is a hypernym of fingering; that is, touching is a word with a broader meaning than fingering:

Other hypernyms of fingering include touch.

fingering (noun)	touching (noun)
touching something with the fingers	the act of putting two things together with no space between them
the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument	the event of something coming in contact with the body

fingering (adjective)	touching (adjective)
	arousing affect