suasion vs communicating

suasion and communicating both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
suasion	Yes	No	No	No
communicating	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, communicating is a hypernym of suasion; that is, communicating is a word with a broader meaning than suasion:

suasion: the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action
communicating: the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information

Other hypernyms of suasion include communication.

suasion (noun)	communicating (noun)
the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action	the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information