nursling vs babe

nursling and babe both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nursling	Yes	No	No	No
babe	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, babe is a hypernym of nursling; that is, babe is a word with a broader meaning than nursling:

nursling: an infant considered in relation to its nurse
babe: a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

Other hypernyms of nursling include baby, infant.

nursling (noun)	babe (noun)
an infant considered in relation to its nurse	a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk