somersault vs somersaulting

somersault and somersaulting both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
somersault	Yes	No	Yes	No
somersaulting	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, somersault and somersaulting are synonyms defined as:

somersault and somersaulting: an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return

Other synonyms of somersault include flip, somerset, summersault, summerset.

somersault (noun)	somersaulting (noun)
an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return	an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return

somersault (verb)	somersaulting (verb)
do a somersault