course vs drain

drain vs course

course and drain both are nouns.

course and drain both are verbs.

course is an adverb but drain is not an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
course	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
drain	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

course: move along, of liquids
drain: flow off gradually

Other hyponyms of course include flush, gush, jet, surge, tide, circulate, eddy, purl, swirl, whirl, whirlpool, run off, waste, run down, pour, run out, spill, stream, well out, dribble, filter, trickle, run out, ooze, seep, gutter.

course (noun)	drain (noun)
a mode of action	emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings	a gradual depletion of energy or resources
facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport	a pipe through which liquid is carried away
(construction) a layer of masonry	tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material
part of a meal served at one time
a connected series of events or actions or developments
a body of students who are taught together
general line of orientation
a line or route along which something travels or moves

course (verb)	drain (verb)
hunt with hounds	empty of liquid; drain the liquid from
move along, of liquids	make weak
move swiftly through or over	deplete of resources
	flow off gradually

course (adverb)	drain (adverb)
as might be expected

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