fact vs score

fact and score both are nouns.

fact is not a verb while score is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fact	Yes	No	No	No
score	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, score is a hyponym of fact; that is, score is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fact:

fact: a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
score: the facts about an actual situation

Other hyponyms of fact include case, detail, item, point, particular, specific, general, matter of fact, observation, reason, truth.

fact (noun)	score (noun)
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred	the act of scoring in a game or sport
a concept whose truth can be proved	a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse
a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened	a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
an event known to have happened or something known to have existed	the facts about an actual situation
	a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages
	a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
	a set of twenty members
	grounds
	a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
	a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
	an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)

fact (verb)	score (verb)
	assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
	make underscoring marks
	gain points in a game
	get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
	make small marks into the surface of
	induce to have sex
	write a musical score for

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