charge vs provide

charge is a noun but provide is not a noun.

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

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

charge: energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
provide: give something useful or necessary to

Other hypernyms of charge include furnish, offer, render, supply.

charge (noun)	provide (noun)
attention and management implying responsibility for safety
an impetuous rush toward someone or something
a special assignment that is given to a person or group
a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
request for payment of a debt
an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
the swift release of a store of affective force
(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)	provide (verb)
energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge	take measures in preparation for
cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on	determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation
saturate	give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
attribute responsibility to	give something useful or necessary to
set or ask for a certain price	supply means of subsistence; earn a living
file a formal charge against	mount or put up
impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to	make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
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