crowd vs phalanx

crowd and phalanx both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
crowd	Yes	No	Yes	No
phalanx	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, phalanx is a hyponym of crowd; that is, phalanx is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than crowd:

Other hyponyms of crowd include army, crush, jam, press, drove, horde, swarm, huddle, mob, rabble, rout, flock, troop.

crowd (noun)	phalanx (noun)
a large number of things or people considered together	any of the bones of the fingers or toes
an informal body of friends	a body of troops in close array
	any closely ranked crowd of people

crowd (verb)	phalanx (verb)
to gather together in large numbers
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
approach a certain age or speed
fill or occupy to the point of overflowing