pilotage vs steering

pilotage and steering both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pilotage	Yes	No	No	No
steering	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, steering is a hypernym of pilotage; that is, steering is a word with a broader meaning than pilotage:

Other hypernyms of pilotage include direction, guidance.

pilotage (noun)	steering (noun)
the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place	the act of setting and holding a course
the occupation of a pilot	the act of guiding or showing the way
	the act of steering a ship