charge vs account

charge and account both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
charge	Yes	No	Yes	No
account	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, account is a hypernym of charge; that is, account is a word with a broader meaning than charge:

Other hypernyms of charge include calculate.

charge (noun)	account (noun)
attention and management implying responsibility for safety	the quality of taking advantage
an impetuous rush toward someone or something	importance or value
a special assignment that is given to a person or group	a record or narrative description of past events
a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time	an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield	a short account of the news
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense	a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something	the act of informing by verbal report
request for payment of a debt	grounds
an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence	a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
the swift release of a store of affective force	a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
a person committed to your care
the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
financial liabilities (such as a tax)
the price charged for some article or service

charge (verb)	account (verb)
energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge	furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on	to give an account or representation of in words
saturate	keep an account of
attribute responsibility to	be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
set or ask for a certain price
file a formal charge against
impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
make an accusatory claim
instruct or command with authority
instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
direct into a position for use
fill or load to capacity
provide (a device) with something necessary
place a heraldic bearing on
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
move quickly and violently
lie down on command, of hunting dogs
pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
enter a certain amount as a charge
demand payment
give over to another for care or safekeeping
cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to