carry back vs take off

carry back and take off both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
carry back	No	No	Yes	No
take off	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, take off is a hypernym of carry back; that is, take off is a word with a broader meaning than carry back:

carry back: deduct a loss or an unused credit from taxable income for a prior period
take off: make a subtraction

Other hypernyms of carry back include deduct, subtract.

carry back (verb)	take off (verb)
deduct a loss or an unused credit from taxable income for a prior period	remove clothes or shoes
	take away
	make a subtraction
	prove fatal
	mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner
	depart for someplace
	get started or set in motion, used figuratively
	depart from the ground
	take time off from work; stop working temporarily