interspersion vs compounding

interspersion and compounding both are nouns.

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

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

interspersion: 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 interspersion include combination, combining.

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