humble vs take down

humble is an adjective but take down is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
humble	No	Yes	Yes	No
take down	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, take down is a hyponym of humble; that is, take down is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than humble:

Other hyponyms of humble include crush, smash, degrade, demean, disgrace, put down.

humble (adjective)	take down (adjective)
marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful
low or inferior in station or quality
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

humble (verb)	take down (verb)
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of	make a written note of
cause to be unpretentious	tear down so as to make flat with the ground
	reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
	move something or somebody to a lower position