touching vs stroke

touching and stroke both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
touching	Yes	Yes	No	No
stroke	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

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

Other hyponyms of touching include brush, light touch.

touching (noun)	stroke (noun)
the act of putting two things together with no space between them	(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
the event of something coming in contact with the body	a light touch with the hands
	a single complete movement
	any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing
	a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
	a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush
	the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
	a light touch
	anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
	the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew
	(golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club
	a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain

touching (adjective)	stroke (adjective)
arousing affect

touching (verb)	stroke (verb)
	treat gingerly or carefully
	strike a ball with a smooth blow
	row at a particular rate
	touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions