toasting vs cooking

toasting and cooking both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
toasting	Yes	No	No	No
cooking	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cooking is a hypernym of toasting; that is, cooking is a word with a broader meaning than toasting:

toasting: cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill
cooking: the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat

Other hypernyms of toasting include cookery, preparation.

toasting (noun)	cooking (noun)
cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill	the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat