formation vs flight

formation and flight both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of formation include military formation, backfield, secondary, line, line, center, centre, flank, wing, head, rear.

formation (noun)	flight (noun)
the act of fabricating something in a particular shape	an instance of traveling by air
the act of forming or establishing something	the act of escaping physically
creation by mental activity	a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
a particular spatial arrangement	a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit	passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
(geology) the geological features of the earth	an air force unit smaller than a squadron
natural process that causes something to form	a formation of aircraft in flight
	a flock of flying birds
	the path followed by an object moving through space