breast vs hit

breast and hit both are nouns.

breast and hit both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

breast (noun)	hit (noun)
the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest	the act of contacting one thing with another
either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman	a conspicuous success
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen	(baseball) when a batter strikes a picthed ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
meat carved from the breast of a fowl	a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
	a connection made via the internet to another website
	a dose of a narcotic drug
	(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together

breast (verb)	hit (verb)
confront bodily	pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
reach the summit (of a mountain)	make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
meet at breast level	hit with a missile from a weapon
	hit the intended target or goal
	deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
	hit against; come into sudden contact with
	produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
	cause to move by striking
	affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
	reach a destination, either real or abstract
	drive something violently into a location
	reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
	cause to experience suddenly
	encounter by chance
	kill intentionally and with premeditation

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