flee vs escape

flee is not a noun while escape is a noun.

flee and escape both are verbs.

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

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

flee: run away quickly
escape: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

Other hypernyms of flee include break away, bunk, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail.

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

flee: run away quickly
escape: run away from confinement

Other hyponyms of flee include break, stampede, abscond, absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off, elope, run off, break loose, get away, high-tail, hightail, defect, desert.

flee (noun)	escape (noun)
	the act of escaping physically
	nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
	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

flee (verb)	escape (verb)
run away quickly	issue or leak, as from a small opening
	fail to experience
	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

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