cope vs hack

cope and hack both are nouns.

cope and hack both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cope	Yes	No	Yes	No
hack	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

cope: succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
hack: be able to manage or manage successfully

Other hyponyms of cope include extemporize, improvise, fend, cut, rub along, scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by.

cope (noun)	hack (noun)
brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall	a horse kept for hire
a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions	an old or over-worked horse
	a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
	a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
	a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil
	one who works hard at boring tasks
	a mediocre and disdained writer
	a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

cope (verb)	hack (verb)
succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available	cough spasmodically
	significantly cut up a manuscript
	fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
	kick on the shins
	kick on the arms
	cut away
	cut with a hacking tool
	be able to manage or manage successfully

Difference between cope and hack

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