hunting vs seeking

hunting and seeking both are nouns.

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

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

hunting: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
seeking: the act of searching for something

hunting (noun)	seeking (noun)
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts	the act of searching for something
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport	an attempt to acquire or gain something
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone