watering vs sprinkling

watering and sprinkling both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
watering	Yes	No	No	No
sprinkling	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of watering include sparge, sprinkle.

watering (noun)	sprinkling (noun)
wetting with water	the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
shedding tears	the act of sprinkling or splashing water
	a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
	a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly