grind vs chew

grind and chew both are nouns.

grind and chew both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
grind	Yes	No	Yes	No
chew	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

grind: make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
chew: chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

Other hyponyms of grind include gnash, jaw, manducate, masticate.

grind (noun)	chew (noun)
the act of grinding to a powder or dust	biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
hard monotonous routine work	a wad of something chewable as tobacco
the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

grind (verb)	chew (verb)
reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading	chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
press or grind with a crushing noise
shape or form by grinding
created by grinding
dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
work hard

Difference between grind and chew

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