hanker vs pine

hanker is not a noun while pine is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hanker	No	No	Yes	No
pine	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of hanker include ache, languish, yearn, yen.

hanker (noun)	pine (noun)
	a coniferous tree
	straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus

hanker (verb)	pine (verb)
desire strongly or persistently	have a desire for something or someone who is not present