feed vs drain

feed and drain both are nouns.

feed and drain both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
feed	Yes	No	Yes	No
drain	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

feed: move along, of liquids
drain: flow off gradually

Other hyponyms of feed include flush, gush, jet, surge, tide, circulate, eddy, purl, swirl, whirl, whirlpool, run off, waste, run down, pour, run out, spill, stream, well out, dribble, filter, trickle, run out, ooze, seep, gutter.

feed (noun)	drain (noun)
food for domestic livestock	emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
	a gradual depletion of energy or resources
	a pipe through which liquid is carried away
	tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material

feed (verb)	drain (verb)
provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to	empty of liquid; drain the liquid from
introduce continuously	make weak
take in food; used of animals only	deplete of resources
give food to	flow off gradually
serve as food for; be the food for
feed into; supply
provide as food
gratify
profit from in an exploitatory manner
move along, of liquids
support or promote

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