taking apart vs mutilation

taking apart and mutilation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
taking apart	Yes	No	No	No
mutilation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mutilation is a hypernym of taking apart; that is, mutilation is a word with a broader meaning than taking apart:

taking apart: the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces
mutilation: an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part

Other hypernyms of taking apart include torture, torturing.

taking apart (noun)	mutilation (noun)
the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces	the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
	an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part