hankering vs hungriness

hankering and hungriness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hankering	Yes	No	No	No
hungriness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hungriness is a hypernym of hankering; that is, hungriness is a word with a broader meaning than hankering:

Other hypernyms of hankering include longing, yearning.

hankering (noun)	hungriness (noun)
a yearning for something or to do something	strong desire for something (not food or drink)
	prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
	a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation