interspersal vs compounding

interspersal and compounding both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
interspersal	Yes	No	No	No
compounding	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, compounding is a hypernym of interspersal; that is, compounding is a word with a broader meaning than interspersal:

interspersal: the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things
compounding: the act of combining things to form a new whole

Other hypernyms of interspersal include combination, combining.

interspersal (noun)	compounding (noun)
the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things	the act of combining things to form a new whole