hunting vs ransacking

hunting and ransacking both are nouns.

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

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

hunting: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
ransacking: a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)

hunting (noun)	ransacking (noun)
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts	a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone