repositioning vs locating

repositioning and locating both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
repositioning	Yes	No	No	No
locating	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, locating is a hypernym of repositioning; that is, locating is a word with a broader meaning than repositioning:

Other hypernyms of repositioning include emplacement, location, placement, position, positioning.

repositioning (noun)	locating (noun)
the act of placing in a new position	the act of putting something in a certain place
	a determination of the place where something is