carry off vs take away

carry off and take away both are verbs.

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

As verbs, carry off and take away are synonyms defined as:

carry off and take away: remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state

Other synonyms of carry off include bear away, bear off, carry away.

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

carry off: remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
take away: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

Other hypernyms of carry off include remove, take, withdraw.

carry off (verb)	take away (verb)
kill in large numbers	take out or remove
remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state	remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
be successful; achieve a goal	get rid of something abstract
	take away a part from; diminish
	buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food
	remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
	take from a person or place