forwarding vs progress

forwarding and progress both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
forwarding	Yes	No	No	No
progress	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, progress is a hypernym of forwarding; that is, progress is a word with a broader meaning than forwarding:

Other hypernyms of forwarding include advancement.

forwarding (noun)	progress (noun)
the act of sending on to another destination	the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
the advancement of some enterprise	gradual improvement or growth or development
	a movement forward

forwarding (verb)	progress (verb)
	develop in a positive way
	form or accumulate steadily
	move forward, also in the metaphorical sense