delve vs rout

delve is not a noun while rout is a noun.

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

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

Other hyponyms of delve include furrow, groove, rut, root, rootle, spade, shovel, trowel, burrow, tunnel.

delve (noun)	rout (noun)
	an overwhelming defeat
	a disorderly crowd of people

delve (verb)	rout (verb)
turn up, loosen, or remove earth	cause to flee
	defeat disastrously
	make a groove in
	dig with the snout