progress vs promotion

progress and promotion both are nouns.

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

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

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

progress (noun)	promotion (noun)
the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)	act of raising in rank or position
gradual improvement or growth or development	the advancement of some enterprise
a movement forward	a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
	encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something

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