legislation vs governance

legislation and governance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
legislation	Yes	No	No	No
governance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, governance is a hypernym of legislation; that is, governance is a word with a broader meaning than legislation:

Other hypernyms of legislation include administration, governing, government, government activity.

legislation (noun)	governance (noun)
the act of making or enacting laws	the act of governing; exercising authority
law enacted by a legislative body	the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something