hit vs shank

hit and shank both are nouns.

hit and shank both are verbs.

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

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

hit: cause to move by striking
shank: hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction

Other hyponyms of hit include play, foul, cannon, clap, ground out, toe, 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, croquet, loft.

hit (noun)	shank (noun)
the act of contacting one thing with another	a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
a conspicuous success	lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
(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)	the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate	cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
a connection made via the internet to another website	cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
a dose of a narcotic drug	cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together	the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
	a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg

hit (verb)	shank (verb)
pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to	hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction
make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
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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