grind vs jaw

grind and jaw both are nouns.

grind and jaw both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

grind (noun)	jaw (noun)
the act of grinding to a powder or dust	holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
hard monotonous routine work	the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground	the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

grind (verb)	jaw (verb)
reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading	talk socially without exchanging too much information
make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together	censure severely or angrily
press or grind with a crushing noise	talk incessantly and tiresomely
shape or form by grinding	chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
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

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