sailing vs flight

sailing and flight both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sailing	Yes	No	No	No
flight	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, flight is a hypernym of sailing; that is, flight is a word with a broader meaning than sailing:

Other hypernyms of sailing include flying.

sailing (noun)	flight (noun)
riding in a sailboat	an instance of traveling by air
the work of a sailor	the act of escaping physically
the departure of a vessel from a port	a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
the activity of flying a glider	a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
	passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
	an air force unit smaller than a squadron
	a formation of aircraft in flight
	a flock of flying birds
	the path followed by an object moving through space