bed vs pair

bed and pair both are nouns.

bed and pair both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bed	Yes	No	Yes	No
pair	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, pair is a hypernym of bed; that is, pair is a word with a broader meaning than bed:

bed: have sexual intercourse with
pair: engage in sexual intercourse

Other hypernyms of bed include copulate, couple, mate.

bed (noun)	pair (noun)
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep	two people considered as a unit
a plot of ground in which plants are growing	a set of two similar things considered as a unit
a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track	a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value
the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.	two items of the same kind
single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
a depression forming the ground under a body of water
(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)

bed (verb)	pair (verb)
prepare for sleep	engage in sexual intercourse
have sexual intercourse with	bring two objects, ideas, or people together
put to bed	arrange in pairs
place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil	occur in pairs
furnish with a bed	form a pair or pairs

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