defect vs wart

defect and wart both are nouns.

defect is a verb but wart is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
defect	Yes	No	Yes	No
wart	Yes	No	No	No

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

defect: a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
wart: (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus

Other hyponyms of defect include birthmark, nevus, chatter mark, check, chip, crack, dent, ding, gouge, nick, mole, mark, scar, scrape, scratch, burn, burn mark, blot, daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spot, stigma, verruca, milium, whitehead, blackhead, comedo.

defect (noun)	wart (noun)
a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)	(pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus
a failing or deficiency	any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
an imperfection in an object or machine	an imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness)
an imperfection in a bodily system

defect (verb)	wart (verb)
desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army

Difference between defect and wart

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