bypass vs short-circuit

bypass is a noun but short-circuit is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bypass	Yes	No	Yes	No
short-circuit	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, bypass and short-circuit are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of bypass include get around, go around.

bypass (noun)	short-circuit (noun)
a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)

bypass (verb)	short-circuit (verb)
avoid something unpleasant or laborious	avoid something unpleasant or laborious
	create a short circuit in
	hamper the progress of; impede