hang vs brood

hang and brood both are nouns.

hang and brood both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hang	Yes	No	Yes	No
brood	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

hang: be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
brood: hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

Other hyponyms of hang include bulk large, hover, loom.

hang (noun)	brood (noun)
a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms	the young of an animal cared for at one time
the way a garment hangs
a special way of doing something

hang (verb)	brood (verb)
suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste	sit on (eggs)
cause to be hanging or suspended	think moodily or anxiously about something
fall or flow in a certain way	be in a huff; be silent or sullen
be suspended or hanging	be in a huff and display one's displeasure
place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction	hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
be placed in position as by a hinge
be suspended or poised
hold on tightly or tenaciously
decorate or furnish with something suspended
let drop or droop
give heed (to)
kill by hanging
prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
be exhibited

Difference between hang and brood

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