bucket vs lay

bucket and lay both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bucket	Yes	No	Yes	No
lay	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, lay is a hypernym of bucket; that is, lay is a word with a broader meaning than bucket:

Other hypernyms of bucket include place, pose, position, put, set.

bucket (noun)	lay (noun)
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top	a narrative poem of popular origin
the quantity contained in a bucket	a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

bucket (adjective)	lay (adjective)
	not of or from a profession
	characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

bucket (verb)	lay (verb)
carry in a bucket	put in a horizontal position
put into a bucket	put into a certain place or abstract location
	lay eggs
	prepare or position for action or operation
	impose as a duty, burden, or punishment