chicane vs crush

crush vs chicane

chicane and crush both are nouns.

chicane and crush both are verbs.

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

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

chicane: defeat someone through trickery or deceit
crush: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

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

chicane (noun)	crush (noun)
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)	the act of crushing
a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file	temporary love of an adolescent
a bridge hand that is void of trumps	a dense crowd of people
	leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

chicane (verb)	crush (verb)
raise trivial objections	break into small pieces
defeat someone through trickery or deceit	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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