crush vs chicane

chicane vs crush

crush and chicane both are nouns.

crush and chicane both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
crush	Yes	No	Yes	No
chicane	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

crush: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
chicane: defeat someone through trickery or deceit

Other hyponyms of crush include outpoint, outscore, walk over, eliminate, mop up, pip, rack up, whip, worst, whomp, get the best, have the best, overcome, rout, spread-eagle, spreadeagle, get the jump, cheat, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft, exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass, get over, master, overcome, subdue, surmount, best, outdo, outflank, scoop, trump, outfight, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, checkmate, mate, immobilise, immobilize, outplay, bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrash.

crush (noun)	chicane (noun)
the act of crushing	the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
temporary love of an adolescent	a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
a dense crowd of people	a bridge hand that is void of trumps
leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

crush (verb)	chicane (verb)
break into small pieces	raise trivial objections
become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure	defeat someone through trickery or deceit
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
make ineffective
to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
crush or bruise
humiliate or depress completely
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

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