striking vs touching

striking and touching both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
striking	Yes	Yes	No	No
touching	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, touching is a hypernym of striking; that is, touching is a word with a broader meaning than striking:

Other hypernyms of striking include touch.

As nouns, touching is a hyponym of striking; that is, touching is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than striking:

Other hyponyms of striking include collision, hit, engagement, interlocking, mesh, meshing, flick, impact, touch.

striking (noun)	touching (noun)
the act of contacting one thing with another	the act of putting two things together with no space between them
the physical coming together of two or more things	the event of something coming in contact with the body

striking (adjective)	touching (adjective)
having a quality that thrusts itself into attention	arousing affect
sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect