coin vs slug

coin and slug both are nouns.

coin and slug both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
coin	Yes	No	Yes	No
slug	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

coin: a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money
slug: a counterfeit coin

Other hyponyms of coin include change, bawbee, bezant, bezzant, byzant, solidus, denier, ducat, real, piece of eight, shilling, crown, half crown, dime, nickel, quarter, fifty-cent piece, half dollar, ha'penny, halfpenny, cent, centime, penny, tenpence, tuppence, twopence, threepence, fourpence, groat, fivepence, sixpence, tanner, eightpence, ninepence, dollar, double eagle, eagle, half eagle, guinea, farthing, doubloon, louis d'or, medallion, stater, sou, Maundy money, hemidrachm.

coin (noun)	slug (noun)
a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money	(boxing) a blow with the fist
	any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
	a projectile that is fired from a gun
	a strip of type metal used for spacing
	an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped
	an idle slothful person
	a counterfeit coin
	a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound; approximately 14.5939 kilograms

coin (verb)	slug (verb)
form by stamping, punching, or printing	strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat
make up	be idle; exist in a changeless situation

Difference between coin and slug

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