septation vs partitioning

septation and partitioning both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
septation	Yes	No	No	No
partitioning	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, partitioning is a hypernym of septation; that is, partitioning is a word with a broader meaning than septation:

septation: the division or partitioning of a cavity into parts by a septum
partitioning: the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

Other hypernyms of septation include division, partition, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation.

septation (noun)	partitioning (noun)
the division or partitioning of a cavity into parts by a septum	the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
	an analysis into mutually exclusive categories