crowd vs pile

crowd and pile both are nouns.

crowd and pile both are verbs.

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

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

crowd: to gather together in large numbers
pile: press tightly together or cram

Other hyponyms of crowd include mass, overcrowd, pour, pullulate, stream, swarm, teem, herd, jam, mob, pack, throng.

crowd (noun)	pile (noun)
a large number of things or people considered together	a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
an informal body of friends	battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
	the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
	a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
	fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
	a collection of objects laid on top of each other
	a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

crowd (verb)	pile (verb)
to gather together in large numbers	arrange in stacks
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together	place or lay as if in a pile
approach a certain age or speed	press tightly together or cram
fill or occupy to the point of overflowing

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