kid vs urchin

kid and urchin both are nouns.

kid is a verb but urchin is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
kid	Yes	No	Yes	No
urchin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, urchin is a hyponym of kid; that is, urchin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than kid:

kid: a young person of either sex
urchin: poor and often mischievous city child

Other hyponyms of kid include bairn, buster, changeling, child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child, foster-child, foster child, fosterling, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, kiddie, kiddy, orphan, peanut, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, poster child, kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler, silly, sprog, bambino, toddler, tot, yearling, street child, waif.

kid (noun)	urchin (noun)
young goat	poor and often mischievous city child
a young person of either sex
a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat

kid (verb)	urchin (verb)
be silly or tease one another
tell false information to for fun

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