hands vs keeping

hands and keeping both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hands	Yes	No	No	No
keeping	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, keeping is a hypernym of hands; that is, keeping is a word with a broader meaning than hands:

hands: (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
keeping: the responsibility of a guardian or keeper

Other hypernyms of hands include guardianship, safekeeping.

hands (noun)	keeping (noun)
(with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child	the responsibility of a guardian or keeper
the force of workers available	conformity or harmony
	the act of retaining something