climb vs skin

climb and skin both are nouns.

climb and skin both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

climb (noun)	skin (noun)
the act of climbing something	body covering of a living animal
an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)	an outer surface (usually thin)
an upward slope or grade (as in a road)	a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal
	a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
	the rind of a fruit or vegetable
	a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent
	a person whose head is bald or shaved
	a person's skin regarded as their life

climb (verb)	skin (verb)
go up or advance	remove the skin from
increase in value or to a higher point	remove the bark of a tree
improve one's social status	bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
go upward with gradual or continuous progress	climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
move with effort, by grasping
slope upward

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