kill vs brain

kill and brain both are nouns.

kill and brain both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
kill	Yes	No	Yes	No
brain	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

kill: cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
brain: kill by smashing someone's skull

Other hyponyms of kill include annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out, decimate, drown, massacre, mow down, slaughter, erase, wipe out, butcher, slaughter, poison, lapidate, stone, poison, commit suicide, dispatch, vaporize, zap, sacrifice, take off, tomahawk, saber, sabre, overlay, overlie, put away, put to sleep, do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize, waste, exterminate, kill off, asphyxiate, smother, suffocate, strangle, strangulate, throttle, behead, decapitate, decollate, impale, stake, dismember, martyr, shed blood, bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay, assassinate, execute, put to death, draw, draw and quarter, quarter, lynch, pip, shoot, electrocute, fry, euthanatise, euthanatize, euthanise, euthanize, mercy kill, gank.

kill (noun)	brain (noun)
the act of terminating a life	that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile	mental ability
the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal	that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
	the brain of certain animals used as meat
	someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

kill (verb)	brain (verb)
mark for deletion, rub off, or erase	hit on the head
destroy a vitally essential quality of or in	kill by smashing someone's skull
cause to cease operating
tire out completely
end or extinguish by forceful means
drink down entirely
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
cause the death of, without intention
deprive of life
hit with great force
hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
be the source of great pain for
thwart the passage of
be fatal

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