pigsticking vs hunting

pigsticking and hunting both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pigsticking	Yes	No	No	No
hunting	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hunting is a hypernym of pigsticking; that is, hunting is a word with a broader meaning than pigsticking:

pigsticking: the sport of hunting wild boar with spears
hunting: the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

Other hypernyms of pigsticking include hunt.

pigsticking (noun)	hunting (noun)
the sport of hunting wild boar with spears	the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
	the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
	the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone