brush vs brake

brush and brake both are nouns.

brush and brake both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of brush include canebrake, spinney, underbrush, undergrowth, underwood.

brush (noun)	brake (noun)
a minor short-term fight	a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
the act of brushing your hair	anything that slows or hinders a process
the act of brushing your teeth	an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
contact with something dangerous or undesirable	large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)	any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
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

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

Difference between brush and brake

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