habitation vs tenting

habitation and tenting both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
habitation	Yes	No	No	No
tenting	Yes	No	No	No

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

habitation: the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
tenting: the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp

Other hyponyms of habitation include cohabitation, bivouacking, camping, encampment.

habitation (noun)	tenting (noun)
the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)	the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
housing that someone is living in
the native habitat or home of an animal or plant