delve vs shovel

delve is not a noun while shovel is a noun.

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

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

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

delve (noun)	shovel (noun)
	a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle
	a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
	a machine for excavating
	the quantity a shovel can hold

delve (verb)	shovel (verb)
turn up, loosen, or remove earth	dig with or as if with a shovel