lodging vs allegation

lodging and allegation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lodging	Yes	No	No	No
allegation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, allegation is a hypernym of lodging; that is, allegation is a word with a broader meaning than lodging:

lodging: the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily
allegation: (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law)

Other hypernyms of lodging include fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness.

lodging (noun)	allegation (noun)
the act of lodging	(law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law)
structures collectively in which people are housed	statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove
the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily