succession vs ordering

succession and ordering both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
succession	Yes	No	No	No
ordering	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ordering is a hypernym of succession; that is, ordering is a word with a broader meaning than succession:

Other hypernyms of succession include order.

succession (noun)	ordering (noun)
the action of following in order	the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
acquisition of property by descent or by will	logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
a following of one thing after another in time
a group of people or things arranged or following in order
(ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established