leveling vs destruction

leveling and destruction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
leveling	Yes	No	No	No
destruction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, destruction is a hypernym of leveling; that is, destruction is a word with a broader meaning than leveling:

leveling: complete destruction of a building
destruction: the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

Other hypernyms of leveling include devastation.

leveling (noun)	destruction (noun)
the act of making equal or uniform	the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
complete destruction of a building	an event that completely destroys something
changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface	a final state