lesson vs import

lesson and import both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lesson	Yes	No	No	No
import	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, import is a hypernym of lesson; that is, import is a word with a broader meaning than lesson:

Other hypernyms of lesson include meaning, significance, signification.

lesson (noun)	import (noun)
a task assigned for individual study	commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
a unit of instruction	having important effects or influence
punishment intended as a warning to others	a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
the significance of a story or event	the message that is intended or expressed or signified
	an imported person brought from a foreign country

lesson (verb)	import (verb)
	indicate or signify
	bring in from abroad
	transfer (electronic data) into a database or document