liberation vs clearing

liberation and clearing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
liberation	Yes	No	No	No
clearing	Yes	No	No	No

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

liberation (noun)	clearing (noun)
the attempt to achieve equal rights or status	the act of freeing from suspicion
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)	the act of removing solid particles from a liquid
the act of liberating someone or something	a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area