progress vs forwarding

progress and forwarding both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
progress	Yes	No	Yes	No
forwarding	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of progress include furtherance, promotion, stride, work flow, workflow.

progress (noun)	forwarding (noun)
the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)	the act of sending on to another destination
gradual improvement or growth or development	the advancement of some enterprise
a movement forward

progress (verb)	forwarding (verb)
develop in a positive way
form or accumulate steadily
move forward, also in the metaphorical sense