fry vs griddle

fry and griddle both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of fry include frizzle, pan-fry, deep-fat-fry, deep-fry, french-fry, stir fry, saute.

fry (noun)	griddle (noun)
a young person of either sex	cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked

fry (verb)	griddle (verb)
cook in hot fat or oil	cook on a griddle
kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
be excessively hot