cook vs fry

cook and fry both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cook	Yes	No	Yes	No
fry	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

cook (noun)	fry (noun)
someone who cooks food	a young person of either sex

cook (verb)	fry (verb)
transform and make suitable for consumption by heating	cook in hot fat or oil
transform by heating	kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
prepare for eating by applying heat	be excessively hot
prepare a hot meal
tamper, with the purpose of deception