soil erosion vs wearing

soil erosion and wearing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
soil erosion	Yes	No	No	No
wearing	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, wearing is a hypernym of soil erosion; that is, wearing is a word with a broader meaning than soil erosion:

soil erosion: the washing away of soil by the flow of water
wearing: (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

Other hypernyms of soil erosion include eating away, eroding, erosion, wearing away.

soil erosion (noun)	wearing (noun)
the washing away of soil by the flow of water	the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
	(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

soil erosion (adjective)	wearing (adjective)
	producing exhaustion