spring-cleaning vs cleansing

spring-cleaning and cleansing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spring-cleaning	Yes	No	No	No
cleansing	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, cleansing is a hypernym of spring-cleaning; that is, cleansing is a word with a broader meaning than spring-cleaning:

spring-cleaning: the activity of cleaning a house thoroughly at the end of winter
cleansing: the act of making something clean

Other hypernyms of spring-cleaning include cleaning, cleanup.

spring-cleaning (noun)	cleansing (noun)
the activity of cleaning a house thoroughly at the end of winter	the act of making something clean

spring-cleaning (adjective)	cleansing (adjective)
	acting like an antiseptic
	cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands