bray vs pestle

bray and pestle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bray	Yes	No	Yes	No
pestle	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of bray include pulp, mill.

bray (noun)	pestle (noun)
the cry of an ass	a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
	a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
	machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores

bray (verb)	pestle (verb)
laugh loudly and harshly	grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar
reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
braying characteristic of donkeys