fry vs cook

fry and cook both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fry	Yes	No	Yes	No
cook	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cook is a hypernym of fry; that is, cook is a word with a broader meaning than fry:

fry (noun)	cook (noun)
a young person of either sex	someone who cooks food

fry (verb)	cook (verb)
cook in hot fat or oil	transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair	transform by heating
be excessively hot	prepare for eating by applying heat
	prepare a hot meal
	tamper, with the purpose of deception