restriction vs regulating

restriction and regulating both are nouns.

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

As nouns, regulating is a hypernym of restriction; that is, regulating is a word with a broader meaning than restriction:

Other hypernyms of restriction include regulation.

restriction (noun)	regulating (noun)
an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)	the act of controlling or directing according to rule
the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)
a principle that limits the extent of something