climb vs shin

climb and shin both are nouns.

climb and shin both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
climb	Yes	No	Yes	No
shin	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, shin is a hyponym of climb; that is, shin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than climb:

climb: move with effort, by grasping
shin: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

Other hyponyms of climb include clamber, scramble, shinny, skin, sputter, struggle.

climb (noun)	shin (noun)
the act of climbing something	the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)	the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
an upward slope or grade (as in a road)	the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
	a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg

climb (verb)	shin (verb)
go up or advance	climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
increase in value or to a higher point
improve one's social status
go upward with gradual or continuous progress
move with effort, by grasping
slope upward

Difference between climb and shin

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