breast vs gain

breast and gain both are nouns.

breast and gain both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
breast	Yes	No	Yes	No
gain	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, gain is a hypernym of breast; that is, gain is a word with a broader meaning than breast:

breast: reach the summit (of a mountain)
gain: reach a destination, either real or abstract

Other hypernyms of breast include arrive at, attain, hit, make, reach.

breast (noun)	gain (noun)
the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest	the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman	the advantageous quality of being beneficial
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen	the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating
meat carved from the breast of a fowl	a quantity that is added

breast (verb)	gain (verb)
confront bodily	increase (one's body weight)
reach the summit (of a mountain)	rise in rate or price
meet at breast level	increase or develop
	obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
	reach a destination, either real or abstract
	earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
	win something through one's efforts
	derive a benefit from
	obtain

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