carve vs sculpture

carve is not a noun while sculpture is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
carve	No	No	Yes	No
sculpture	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, sculpture is a hyponym of carve; that is, sculpture is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than carve:

Other hyponyms of carve include hew, hew out, grave, sculpt, fret.

carve (noun)	sculpture (noun)
	creating figures or designs in three dimensions
	a three-dimensional work of plastic art

carve (verb)	sculpture (verb)
cut to pieces	shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
form by carving	create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface