checkmate vs crush

crush vs checkmate

checkmate and crush both are nouns.

checkmate and crush both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
checkmate	Yes	No	Yes	No
crush	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, crush is a hypernym of checkmate; that is, crush is a word with a broader meaning than checkmate:

checkmate: place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
crush: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Other hypernyms of checkmate include beat, beat out, shell, trounce, vanquish.

checkmate (noun)	crush (noun)
a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king	the act of crushing
complete victory	temporary love of an adolescent
	a dense crowd of people
	leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

checkmate (verb)	crush (verb)
place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game	break into small pieces
	become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
	come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
	make ineffective
	to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
	crush or bruise
	humiliate or depress completely
	come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

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