flotation vs finance

flotation and finance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flotation	Yes	No	No	No
finance	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, finance is a hypernym of flotation; that is, finance is a word with a broader meaning than flotation:

flotation (noun)	finance (noun)
financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares	the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking)	the management of money and credit and banking and investments
	the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets

flotation (verb)	finance (verb)
	obtain or provide money for
	sell or provide on credit