slice vs helping

slice and helping both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
slice	Yes	No	Yes	No
helping	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, helping is a hypernym of slice; that is, helping is a word with a broader meaning than slice:

Other hypernyms of slice include portion, serving.

slice (noun)	helping (noun)
a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer	an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
a spatula for spreading paint or ink
a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
a thin flat piece cut off of some object
a share of something
a wound made by cutting

slice (verb)	helping (verb)
hit a ball so that it causes a backspin
cut into slices
make a clean cut through
hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction