patristics vs writing

patristics and writing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
patristics	Yes	No	No	No
writing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, writing is a hypernym of patristics; that is, writing is a word with a broader meaning than patristics:

patristics (noun)	writing (noun)
the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers	the activity of putting something in written form
the writings of the early Church Fathers	the act of creating written works
	the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)
	letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language
	(usually plural) the collected work of an author