reproduction vs copying

reproduction and copying both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
reproduction	Yes	No	No	No
copying	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, copying is a hypernym of reproduction; that is, copying is a word with a broader meaning than reproduction:

reproduction (noun)	copying (noun)
the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring	an act of copying
the act of making copies
copy that is not the original; something that has been copied
recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall
the process of generating offspring