predation vs hunting

predation and hunting both are nouns.

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

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

predation: the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey
hunting: the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

Other hypernyms of predation include hunt.

predation (noun)	hunting (noun)
the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey	the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding	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