levitation vs ascent

levitation and ascent both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
levitation	Yes	No	No	No
ascent	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ascent is a hypernym of levitation; that is, ascent is a word with a broader meaning than levitation:

levitation: the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means
ascent: the act of changing location in an upward direction

Other hypernyms of levitation include ascending, ascension, rise.

levitation (noun)	ascent (noun)
the act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means	the act of changing location in an upward direction
movement upward in virtue of lightness	a movement upward; rise above the ground
the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means	an upward slope or grade (as in a road)