cook vs nuke

cook and nuke both are nouns.

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

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

cook (noun)	nuke (noun)
someone who cooks food	the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb

cook (verb)	nuke (verb)
transform and make suitable for consumption by heating	cook or heat in a microwave oven
transform by heating	strike at with firepower or bombs
prepare for eating by applying heat	bomb with atomic weapons
prepare a hot meal
tamper, with the purpose of deception