short list vs listing

short list and listing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
short list	Yes	No	No	No
listing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, listing is a hypernym of short list; that is, listing is a word with a broader meaning than short list:

short list: a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
listing: a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)

Other hypernyms of short list include list.

short list (noun)	listing (noun)
a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen	the act of making a list of items
	a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)