accost vs greet

accost and greet both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
accost	No	No	Yes	No
greet	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, greet is a hyponym of accost; that is, greet is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than accost:

Other hyponyms of accost include recognise, recognize, approach.

accost (verb)	greet (verb)
approach with an offer of sexual favors	react to in a certain way
speak to someone	express greetings upon meeting someone
	send greetings to
	be perceived by