crush vs mate

crush and mate both are nouns.

crush and mate both are verbs.

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

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

crush: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
mate: place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game

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, chicane, 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, immobilise, immobilize, outplay, bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrash.

crush (noun)	mate (noun)
the act of crushing	a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
temporary love of an adolescent	an exact duplicate
a dense crowd of people	South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated	a person's partner in marriage
	the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
	the officer below the master on a commercial ship
	informal term for a friend of the same sex
	a fellow member of a team
	South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
	one of a pair

crush (verb)	mate (verb)
break into small pieces	place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure	engage in sexual intercourse
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict	bring two objects, ideas, or people together
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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