fail vs miss

fail is not a noun while miss is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fail	No	No	Yes	No
miss	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

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

Other hyponyms of fail include lose track, strike out, default, default on, choke, muff.

fail (noun)	miss (noun)
	a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
	a young female

fail (verb)	miss (verb)
stop operating or functioning	leave undone or leave out
deteriorate	fail to experience
prove insufficient	fail to reach
disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake	feel or suffer from the lack of
become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close	fail to reach or get to
be unsuccessful	fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
fail to get a passing grade	be without
fail to do something; leave something undone	fail to attend an event or activity
judge unacceptable	be absent
be unable
fall short in what is expected