escape vs puzzle

escape and puzzle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
escape	Yes	No	Yes	No
puzzle	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, puzzle is a hypernym of escape; that is, puzzle is a word with a broader meaning than escape:

Other hypernyms of escape include amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, stick, stupefy, vex.

escape (noun)	puzzle (noun)
the act of escaping physically	a game that tests your ingenuity
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do	a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
an avoidance of danger or difficulty
a means or way of escaping
a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
the discharge of a fluid from some container
a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild

escape (verb)	puzzle (verb)
issue or leak, as from a small opening	be a mystery or bewildering to
fail to experience	be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
run away from confinement
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by