salting vs salt

salting and salt both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
salting	Yes	No	No	No
salt	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

salting (noun)	salt (noun)
the act of adding salt to food	the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
	white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
	a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

salting (adjective)	salt (adjective)
	(of speech) painful or bitter