inch vs progress

inch and progress both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
inch	Yes	No	Yes	No
progress	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, progress is a hypernym of inch; that is, progress is a word with a broader meaning than inch:

Other hypernyms of inch include advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on.

inch (noun)	progress (noun)
a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot	the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
a unit of measurement for advertising space	gradual improvement or growth or development
	a movement forward

inch (verb)	progress (verb)
advance slowly, as if by inches	develop in a positive way
	form or accumulate steadily
	move forward, also in the metaphorical sense