discharge vs shoot

discharge and shoot both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of discharge include pop, let drive, let fly, loose off, blast, fusillade.

discharge (noun)	shoot (noun)
the act of discharging a gun	the act of shooting at targets
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)	a new branch
a formal written statement of relinquishment
the act of venting
the sudden giving off of energy
the pouring forth of a fluid
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)	shoot (verb)
eliminate (a substance)	give an injection to
become empty or void of its content	produce buds, branches, or germinate
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges	measure the altitude of by using a sextant
release from military service	record on photographic film
cause to go off	make a film or photograph of something
go off or discharge	utter fast and forcefully
pour forth or release	fire a shot; release
remove the charge from	hit with a missile from a weapon
remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave	score
complete or carry out	spend frivolously and unwisely
free from obligations or duties	force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
	throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
	throw dice, as in a crap game
	variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
	run or move very quickly or hastily
	move quickly and violently
	send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
	cause a sharp and sudden pain in
	kill by firing a missile
	emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully