uncovering vs discovery

uncovering and discovery both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
uncovering	Yes	No	No	No
discovery	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, uncovering and discovery are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of uncovering include find.

uncovering (noun)	discovery (noun)
the act of discovering something	the act of discovering something
the removal of covering	a productive insight
	something that is discovered
	(law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case