comport vs toy

comport is not a noun while toy is a noun.

comport and toy both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
comport	No	No	Yes	No
toy	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

comport: behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
toy: engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously

Other hyponyms of comport include act involuntarily, act reflexively, bend over backwards, fall over backwards, presume, vulgarise, vulgarize, optimise, optimize, quack, menace, make, bluster, swagger, swash, freeze, wanton, romanticize, sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sentimentise, sentimentize, bungle, play, act, act as, play, stooge, jest, joke, piffle, make, make as if, break down, lose it, snap, fluster, dally, dawdle, assert, put forward, backslap, deal, hugger mugger, walk around, sauce, pose, posture, footle, frivol, trifle, puff up, swell, follow, loosen up, relax, rage, ramp, storm, wildin', spaz, thug.

comport (noun)	toy (noun)
	any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets
	an artifact designed to be played with
	a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
	a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier)
	a device regarded as providing amusement

comport (verb)	toy (verb)
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself	engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
behave well or properly	manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
	behave carelessly or indifferently

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