pounce vs saltation

pounce and saltation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pounce	Yes	No	Yes	No
saltation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, saltation is a hypernym of pounce; that is, saltation is a word with a broader meaning than pounce:

Other hypernyms of pounce include bounce, bound, leap, leaping, spring.

pounce (noun)	saltation (noun)
the act of pouncing	a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
	taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
	(genetics) a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species
	an abrupt transition
	(geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface

pounce (verb)	saltation (verb)
move down on as if in an attack