stalking vs hunting

stalking and hunting both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stalking	Yes	No	No	No
hunting	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hunting is a hypernym of stalking; that is, hunting is a word with a broader meaning than stalking:

stalking: a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
hunting: the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

Other hypernyms of stalking include hunt.

stalking (noun)	hunting (noun)
the act of following prey stealthily	the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush	the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
	the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone