traverse vs traveling

traverse and traveling both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
traverse	Yes	No	Yes	No
traveling	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, traveling is a hypernym of traverse; that is, traveling is a word with a broader meaning than traverse:

Other hypernyms of traverse include travel, travelling.

traverse (noun)	traveling (noun)
taking a zigzag path on skis	the act of going from one place to another
travel across
a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
a horizontal beam that extends across something

traverse (verb)	traveling (verb)
deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
travel across or pass over
to cover or extend over an area or time period