clay vs mire

clay and mire both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
clay	Yes	No	No	No
mire	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, mire is a hyponym of clay; that is, mire is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than clay:

Other hyponyms of clay include bleaching clay, bleaching earth, mud pie, slop.

clay (noun)	mire (noun)
the dead body of a human being	a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired	a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from
water soaked soil; soft wet earth	deep soft mud in water or slush

clay (verb)	mire (verb)
	soil with mud, muck, or mire
	be unable to move further
	cause to get stuck as if in a mire
	entrap