chew vs grind

chew and grind both are nouns.

chew and grind both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chew	Yes	No	Yes	No
grind	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, grind is a hypernym of chew; that is, grind is a word with a broader meaning than chew:

chew: chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
grind: make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together

Other hypernyms of chew include grate.

chew (noun)	grind (noun)
biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow	the act of grinding to a powder or dust
a wad of something chewable as tobacco	hard monotonous routine work
	the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
	an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

chew (verb)	grind (verb)
chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth	reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
	make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
	press or grind with a crushing noise
	shape or form by grinding
	created by grinding
	dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
	work hard

Difference between chew and grind

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