mercy vs ministration

mercy and ministration both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mercy	Yes	No	No	No
ministration	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ministration is a hypernym of mercy; that is, ministration is a word with a broader meaning than mercy:

mercy: alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed
ministration: assistance in time of difficulty

Other hypernyms of mercy include relief, succor, succour.

mercy (noun)	ministration (noun)
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice	assistance in time of difficulty
alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed
a disposition to be kind and forgiving
the feeling that motivates compassion
something for which to be thankful