prayer vs courtship

prayer and courtship both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prayer	Yes	No	No	No
courtship	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, courtship is a hyponym of prayer; that is, courtship is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than prayer:

prayer: earnest or urgent request
courtship: a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)

Other hyponyms of prayer include adjuration, demagoguery, demagogy, plea, supplication, solicitation, suit, courting, suit, wooing.

prayer (noun)	courtship (noun)
the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)	a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
earnest or urgent request
a fixed text used in praying
reverent petition to a deity
someone who prays to God