lack vs lack

lack and lack both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lack	Yes	No	Yes	No
lack	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of lack include want, exclude.

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

Other hypernyms of lack include miss.

lack (noun)	lack (noun)
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable	the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

lack (verb)	lack (verb)
be without	be without
To be insufficiently prepared	To be insufficiently prepared