gum vs jaw

gum and jaw both are nouns.

gum and jaw both are verbs.

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

As verbs, jaw is a hypernym of gum; that is, jaw is a word with a broader meaning than gum:

gum: grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
jaw: chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

Other hypernyms of gum include chew, manducate, masticate.

gum (noun)	jaw (noun)
the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth	holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing	the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum	the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive

gum (verb)	jaw (verb)
exude or form gum	talk socially without exchanging too much information
become sticky	censure severely or angrily
grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty	talk incessantly and tiresomely
cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum	chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

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