jumping vs saltation

jumping and saltation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
jumping	Yes	No	No	No
saltation	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of jumping include header, hop, bounce, bound, leap, leaping, spring, hurdle, vault, jumping up and down, capriole.

jumping (noun)	saltation (noun)
the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump	a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground	taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
	(genetics) a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species
	an abrupt transition
	(geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface