succession vs pelting

succession and pelting both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of succession include rain, rotation, row, run.

succession (noun)	pelting (noun)
the action of following in order	anything happening rapidly or in quick successive
acquisition of property by descent or by will
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