discharge vs cannon

discharge and cannon both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
discharge	Yes	No	Yes	No
cannon	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of discharge include deactivate, demob, demobilise, demobilize, demobilise, demobilize, inactivate.

discharge (noun)	cannon (noun)
the act of discharging a gun	a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)	lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
a formal written statement of relinquishment	a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
the act of venting	heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
the sudden giving off of energy	(Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
the pouring forth of a fluid	heavy gun fired from a tank
electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
a substance that is emitted or released

discharge (verb)	cannon (verb)
eliminate (a substance)	fire a cannon
become empty or void of its content	make a cannon
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
release from military service
cause to go off
go off or discharge
pour forth or release
remove the charge from
remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
complete or carry out
free from obligations or duties