stopping vs fastening

stopping and fastening both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stopping	Yes	No	No	No
fastening	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fastening is a hypernym of stopping; that is, fastening is a word with a broader meaning than stopping:

stopping: fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
fastening: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

Other hypernyms of stopping include fastener, fixing, holdfast.

stopping (noun)	fastening (noun)
the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch	the act of fastening things together
fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members	restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place