crush vs rout

crush and rout both are nouns.

crush and rout both are verbs.

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

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

crush: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
rout: defeat disastrously

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

crush (noun)	rout (noun)
the act of crushing	an overwhelming defeat
temporary love of an adolescent	a disorderly crowd of people
a dense crowd of people
leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

crush (verb)	rout (verb)
break into small pieces	cause to flee
become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure	defeat disastrously
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict	make a groove in
make ineffective	dig with the snout
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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