cards vs crib

cards and crib both are nouns.

cards is not a verb while crib is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cards	Yes	No	No	No
crib	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

cards: a game played with playing cards
crib: a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two

Other hyponyms of cards include all fours, high-low-jack, baccarat, chemin de fer, beggar-my-neighbor, beggar-my-neighbour, strip-Jack-naked, blackjack, twenty-one, vingt-et-un, bridge, casino, cassino, cribbage, ecarte, euchre, five hundred, fantan, parliament, sevens, faro, Go Fish, monte, three-card monte, boodle, Chicago, Michigan, Newmarket, stops, nap, Napoleon, old maid, bezique, penuchle, pinochle, pinocle, piquet, pisha paysha, poker, poker game, rouge et noir, trente-et-quarante, rum, rummy, patience, solitaire, long whist, short whist, whist, four-card monte.

cards (noun)	crib (noun)
a game played with playing cards	a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two
	the cards discarded by players at cribbage
	baby bed with high sides made of slats
	a bin or granary for storing grains
	a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)

cards (verb)	crib (verb)
	line with beams or planks
	take unauthorized (intellectual material)
	use a crib, as in an exam

Difference between cards and crib

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