formation vs filing

formation and filing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
formation	Yes	No	No	No
filing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, filing is a hyponym of formation; that is, filing is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than formation:

Other hyponyms of formation include forging, metalwork, metalworking, granulation, grooving, rifling, turning.

formation (noun)	filing (noun)
the act of fabricating something in a particular shape	preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.
the act of forming or establishing something	the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)
creation by mental activity	the entering of a legal document into the public record
a particular spatial arrangement	a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file
an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
(geology) the geological features of the earth
natural process that causes something to form