formation vs manufacturing

formation and manufacturing both are nouns.

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

As nouns, manufacturing is a hypernym of formation; that is, manufacturing is a word with a broader meaning than formation:

Other hypernyms of formation include fabrication, manufacture.

formation (noun)	manufacturing (noun)
the act of fabricating something in a particular shape	the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
the act of forming or establishing something
creation by mental activity
a particular spatial arrangement
an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
(geology) the geological features of the earth
natural process that causes something to form