discontinue vs cheese

discontinue is not a noun while cheese is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
discontinue	No	No	Yes	No
cheese	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

discontinue (noun)	cheese (noun)
	a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
	erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States

discontinue (verb)	cheese (verb)
prevent completion	wind onto a cheese
put an end to a state or an activity	used in the imperative (get away, or stop it)
come to or be at an end