predation vs pillage

predation and pillage both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of predation include pillaging, plundering.

predation (noun)	pillage (noun)
the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey	the act of stealing valuable things from a place
an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding	goods or money obtained illegally

predation (verb)	pillage (verb)
	steal goods; take as spoils