skimming vs touching

skimming and touching both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
skimming	Yes	No	No	No
touching	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, touching is a hypernym of skimming; that is, touching is a word with a broader meaning than skimming:

Other hypernyms of skimming include touch.

skimming (noun)	touching (noun)
the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid	the act of putting two things together with no space between them
failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it	the event of something coming in contact with the body
the act of brushing against while passing
reading or glancing through quickly

skimming (adjective)	touching (adjective)
	arousing affect