goofball vs sap

goofball and sap both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
goofball	Yes	No	No	No
sap	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, sap is a hypernym of goofball; that is, sap is a word with a broader meaning than goofball:

Other hypernyms of goofball include fool, muggins, saphead, tomfool.

goofball (noun)	sap (noun)
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool	a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior	a person who lacks good judgment
	a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant

goofball (verb)	sap (verb)
	excavate the earth beneath
	deplete