shoestring vs lacing

shoestring and lacing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shoestring	Yes	No	No	No
lacing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lacing is a hypernym of shoestring; that is, lacing is a word with a broader meaning than shoestring:

shoestring: a lace used for fastening shoes
lacing: a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)

Other hypernyms of shoestring include lace.

shoestring (noun)	lacing (noun)
a lace used for fastening shoes	the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
a small amount of money	a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
	a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage