brake vs brush

brake and brush both are nouns.

brake and brush both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brake	Yes	No	Yes	No
brush	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, brush is a hypernym of brake; that is, brush is a word with a broader meaning than brake:

brake: an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
brush: a dense growth of bushes

Other hypernyms of brake include brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket.

brake (noun)	brush (noun)
a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle	a minor short-term fight
anything that slows or hinders a process	the act of brushing your hair
an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant	the act of brushing your teeth
large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan	contact with something dangerous or undesirable
any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants	a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)
	an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
	conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
	momentary contact
	a dense growth of bushes

brake (verb)	brush (verb)
cause to stop by applying the brakes	remove with or as if with a brush
stop travelling by applying a brake	touch lightly and briefly
	rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
	clean with a brush
	cover by brushing
	sweep across or over

Difference between brake and brush

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