finishing line vs goal

finishing line and goal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
finishing line	Yes	No	No	No
goal	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, goal is a hypernym of finishing line; that is, goal is a word with a broader meaning than finishing line:

Other hypernyms of finishing line include destination, finish, line.

finishing line (noun)	goal (noun)
a line indicating the location of the finish of a race	a successful attempt at scoring
	game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points
	the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
	the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)