sprinkling vs watering

sprinkling and watering both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sprinkling	Yes	No	No	No
watering	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, watering is a hypernym of sprinkling; that is, watering is a word with a broader meaning than sprinkling:

sprinkling (noun)	watering (noun)
the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)	wetting with water
the act of sprinkling or splashing water	shedding tears
a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly