notification vs informing

notification and informing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
notification	Yes	No	No	No
informing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, informing is a hypernym of notification; that is, informing is a word with a broader meaning than notification:

Other hypernyms of notification include making known.

notification (noun)	informing (noun)
an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative	a speech act that conveys information
informing by words	to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors)
a request for payment