maculation vs marking

maculation and marking both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
maculation	Yes	No	No	No
marking	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, marking is a hypernym of maculation; that is, marking is a word with a broader meaning than maculation:

maculation (noun)	marking (noun)
the act of spotting or staining something	evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
a small contrasting part of something	the act of making a visible mark on a surface
	a pattern of marks
	a distinguishing symbol