honorable discharge vs firing

honorable discharge and firing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
honorable discharge	Yes	No	No	No
firing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, firing is a hypernym of honorable discharge; that is, firing is a word with a broader meaning than honorable discharge:

honorable discharge: a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record
firing: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

Other hypernyms of honorable discharge include discharge, dismissal, dismission, liberation, release, sack, sacking.

honorable discharge (noun)	firing (noun)
a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record	the act of setting something on fire
	the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
	the act of discharging a gun
	the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy