phonics vs teaching reading

phonics and teaching reading both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
phonics	Yes	No	No	No
teaching reading	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, teaching reading is a hypernym of phonics; that is, teaching reading is a word with a broader meaning than phonics:

phonics: teaching reading by training beginners to associate letters with their sound values
teaching reading: teaching beginners to read

phonics (noun)	teaching reading (noun)
teaching reading by training beginners to associate letters with their sound values	teaching beginners to read