planting vs positioning

planting and positioning both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
planting	Yes	No	No	No
positioning	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, positioning is a hypernym of planting; that is, positioning is a word with a broader meaning than planting:

Other hypernyms of planting include emplacement, locating, location, placement, position.

planting (noun)	positioning (noun)
the act of fixing firmly in place	the act of putting something in a certain place
putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow
a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area

planting (adjective)	positioning (adjective)
	causing to fall into line or into position