spoonfeeding vs instruction

spoonfeeding and instruction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spoonfeeding	Yes	No	No	No
instruction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, instruction is a hypernym of spoonfeeding; that is, instruction is a word with a broader meaning than spoonfeeding:

spoonfeeding: teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought
instruction: the profession of a teacher

Other hypernyms of spoonfeeding include pedagogy, teaching.

spoonfeeding (noun)	instruction (noun)
feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon	the profession of a teacher
teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought	the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
	(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
	a message describing how something is to be done