crop vs drift

crop and drift both are nouns.

crop and drift both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
crop	Yes	No	Yes	No
drift	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

crop: let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
drift: drive slowly and far afield for grazing

Other hyponyms of crop include grass.

crop (noun)	drift (noun)
a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food	a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
the stock or handle of a whip	the pervading meaning or tenor
the output of something in a season	a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
a collection of people or things appearing together	a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
the yield from plants in a single growing season	a force that moves something along
a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale	the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
	a process of linguistic change over a period of time

crop (verb)	drift (verb)
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of	be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
feed as in a meadow or pasture	be subject to fluctuation
cut short	drive slowly and far afield for grazing
let feed in a field or pasture or meadow	move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
yield crops	be in motion due to some air or water current
prepare for crops	wander from a direct course or at random
	move in an unhurried fashion
	cause to be carried by a current
	live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
	vary or move from a fixed point or course

Difference between crop and drift

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