exit vs yield

exit and yield both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
exit	Yes	No	Yes	No
yield	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

exit: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
yield: be fatally overwhelmed

Other hyponyms of exit include abort, asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate, buy it, pip out, drown, predecease, famish, starve, fall, succumb.

exit (noun)	yield (noun)
the act of going out	production of a certain amount
an opening that permits escape or release	an amount of a product
euphemistic expressions for death	the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
	the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)

exit (verb)	yield (verb)
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life	end resistance, as under pressure or force
lose the lead	consent reluctantly
move out of or depart from	be willing to concede
	cease opposition; stop fighting
	be flexible under stress of physical force
	give or supply
	cause to happen or be responsible for
	move in order to make room for someone for something
	bring in
	give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
	be the cause or source of
	give in, as to influence or pressure
	be fatally overwhelmed