lending vs usury

lending and usury both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lending	Yes	No	No	No
usury	Yes	No	No	No

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

lending: disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned
usury: the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest

lending (noun)	usury (noun)
disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned	the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
	an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest