carve vs shave

carve is not a noun while shave is a noun.

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

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

Other hyponyms of carve include filet, fillet.

carve (noun)	shave (noun)
	the act of removing hair with a razor

carve (verb)	shave (verb)
cut to pieces	remove body hair with a razor
form by carving	touch the surface of lightly
engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface	cut closely
	cut or remove with or as if with a plane
	make shavings of or reduce to shavings
	cut the price of