saltation vs pounce

saltation and pounce both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
saltation	Yes	No	No	No
pounce	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of saltation include caper, capriole.

saltation (noun)	pounce (noun)
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards	the act of pouncing
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
(genetics) a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species
an abrupt transition
(geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface

saltation (verb)	pounce (verb)
	move down on as if in an attack