palpation vs scrutiny

palpation and scrutiny both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
palpation	Yes	No	No	No
scrutiny	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, scrutiny is a hypernym of palpation; that is, scrutiny is a word with a broader meaning than palpation:

palpation: a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional)
scrutiny: the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)

Other hypernyms of palpation include touch, touching, examination.

palpation (noun)	scrutiny (noun)
a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional)	the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
	a prolonged intense look