holding pattern vs inactiveness

holding pattern and inactiveness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
holding pattern	Yes	No	No	No
inactiveness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, inactiveness is a hypernym of holding pattern; that is, inactiveness is a word with a broader meaning than holding pattern:

Other hypernyms of holding pattern include inaction, inactivity.

holding pattern (noun)	inactiveness (noun)
the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land	a disposition to remain inactive or inert
a state of inaction with no progress and no change	the state of being inactive