hit vs croquet

hit and croquet both are nouns.

hit and croquet both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hit	Yes	No	Yes	No
croquet	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

hit: cause to move by striking
croquet: drive away by hitting with one's ball

Other hyponyms of hit include play, foul, cannon, clap, ground out, toe, shank, pitch, fly, snap, whang, undercut, putt, heel, toe, bunker, bounce, backhand, pop, follow through, shell, ground, top, pull, kill, kill, connect, drive, drive, hole, hole out, bunt, drag a bunt, snick, racket, carry, dribble, slice, hook, single, double, triple, smash, shoot, volley, loft.

hit (noun)	croquet (noun)
the act of contacting one thing with another	a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg
a conspicuous success
(baseball) when a batter strikes a picthed ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
a connection made via the internet to another website
a dose of a narcotic drug
(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together

hit (verb)	croquet (verb)
pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to	play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops
make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target	drive away by hitting with one's ball
hit with a missile from a weapon
hit the intended target or goal
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
hit against; come into sudden contact with
produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
cause to move by striking
affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
reach a destination, either real or abstract
drive something violently into a location
reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
cause to experience suddenly
encounter by chance
kill intentionally and with premeditation

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