regulating vs timing

regulating and timing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
regulating	Yes	No	No	No
timing	Yes	No	No	No

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

regulating: the act of controlling or directing according to rule
timing: the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)

Other hyponyms of regulating include devaluation, gun control, indexation, limitation, restriction.

regulating (noun)	timing (noun)
the act of controlling or directing according to rule	the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)
	the time when something happens