sailing vs going

sailing and going both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of sailing include departure, going away, leaving.

sailing (noun)	going (noun)
riding in a sailboat	advancing toward a goal
the work of a sailor	the act of departing
the departure of a vessel from a port	euphemistic expressions for death
the activity of flying a glider

sailing (adjective)	going (adjective)
	in full operation