hunting vs predation

hunting and predation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hunting	Yes	No	No	No
predation	Yes	No	No	No

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

hunting: the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
predation: the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey

Other hyponyms of hunting include canned hunt, stalk, stalking, still hunt, birdnesting.

hunting (noun)	predation (noun)
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts	the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport	an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone