carom vs recoil

carom and recoil both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
carom	Yes	No	Yes	No
recoil	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, recoil is a hypernym of carom; that is, recoil is a word with a broader meaning than carom:

Other hypernyms of carom include backlash, rebound, repercussion.

As verbs, recoil is a hypernym of carom; that is, recoil is a word with a broader meaning than carom:

Other hypernyms of carom include bounce, bound, rebound, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop.

carom (noun)	recoil (noun)
a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other	a movement back from an impact
a glancing rebound	the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired

carom (verb)	recoil (verb)
make a carom	spring back, as from a forceful thrust
rebound after hitting	draw back, as with fear or pain
	spring back; spring away from an impact
	come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect