teaching vs instruction

teaching and instruction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
teaching	Yes	No	No	No
instruction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, teaching and instruction are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of teaching include pedagogy.

As nouns, teaching and instruction are synonyms defined as:

teaching and instruction: the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill

Other synonyms of teaching include didactics, education, educational activity, pedagogy.

teaching (noun)	instruction (noun)
the profession of a teacher	the profession of a teacher
the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill	the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
a doctrine that is taught	(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
	a message describing how something is to be done