legal code vs codification

legal code and codification both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
legal code	Yes	No	No	No
codification	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, codification is a hypernym of legal code; that is, codification is a word with a broader meaning than legal code:

legal code: a code of laws adopted by a state or nation
codification: a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)

Other hypernyms of legal code include code.

legal code (noun)	codification (noun)
a code of laws adopted by a state or nation	the act of codifying; arranging in a systematic order
	a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)