resolving vs factoring

resolving and factoring both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
resolving	Yes	No	No	No
factoring	Yes	No	No	No

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

resolving: analysis into clear-cut components
factoring: (mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression

Other hyponyms of resolving include factorisation, factorization, diagonalisation, diagonalization.

resolving (noun)	factoring (noun)
analysis into clear-cut components	(mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression