ransacking vs hunting

ransacking and hunting both are nouns.

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

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

ransacking: a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
hunting: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

Other hypernyms of ransacking include hunt, search.

ransacking (noun)	hunting (noun)
a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)	the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
	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