legitimation vs deed

legitimation and deed both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
legitimation	Yes	No	No	No
deed	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, deed is a hypernym of legitimation; that is, deed is a word with a broader meaning than legitimation:

Other hypernyms of legitimation include act, human action, human activity.

legitimation (noun)	deed (noun)
the act of making lawful	something that people do or cause to happen
the act of rendering a person legitimate	a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it