boot vs punt

boot and punt both are nouns.

boot and punt both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
boot	Yes	No	Yes	No
punt	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

boot: the act of delivering a blow with the foot
punt: (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground

Other hyponyms of boot include goal-kick, goal-kick, punting, place-kicking, place kick, dropkick.

boot (noun)	punt (noun)
the act of delivering a blow with the foot	formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed	(football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground
footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg	an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole
compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
protective casing for something that resembles a leg
the swift release of a store of affective force

boot (verb)	punt (verb)
cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes	place a bet on
kick; give a boot to	propel with a pole
	kick the ball

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