marking vs maculation

marking and maculation both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of marking include blaze, crisscross, cross, mark, eyespot, ocellus, shading, dapple, fleck, patch, speckle, spot, bar, streak, stripe.

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