flip-flop vs somersaulting

flip-flop and somersaulting both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flip-flop	Yes	No	Yes	No
somersaulting	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, somersaulting is a hypernym of flip-flop; that is, somersaulting is a word with a broader meaning than flip-flop:

flip-flop: a backward somersault
somersaulting: an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return

Other hypernyms of flip-flop include flip, somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset.

flip-flop (noun)	somersaulting (noun)
a backward somersault	an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
an electronic circuit that can assume either of two stable states
a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe
a decision to reverse an earlier decision

flip-flop (verb)	somersaulting (verb)
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)