fly vs lift

fly and lift both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fly	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
lift	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of fly include airlift.

fly (noun)	lift (noun)
(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air	the act of raising something
two-winged insects characterized by active flight	plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth	the act of giving temporary assistance
flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent	a ride in a car
fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect	transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
	lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
	a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
	one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
	a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
	the event of something being raised upward
	a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
	the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

fly (adjective)	lift (adjective)
(British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked

fly (verb)	lift (verb)
decrease rapidly and disappear	perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
change quickly from one emotional state to another	remove from a surface
transport by aeroplane	put an end to
hit a fly	remove (hair) by scalping
travel through the air; be airborne	rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
operate an airplane	invigorate or heighten
move quickly or suddenly	raise in rank or condition
run away quickly	remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft	take off or away by decreasing
travel in an airplane	cancel officially
pass away rapidly	call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
cause to fly or float	make audible
be dispersed or disseminated	take hold of something and move it to a different location
display in the air or cause to float	raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
	take (root crops) out of the ground
	fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
	raise from a lower to a higher position
	move upwards
	move upward
	make off with belongings of others
	take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
	pay off (a mortgage)
	take illegally
	rise up