lick vs deposit

deposit vs lick

lick and deposit both are nouns.

lick and deposit both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lick	Yes	No	Yes	No
deposit	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, deposit is a hypernym of lick; that is, deposit is a word with a broader meaning than lick:

lick: a salt deposit that animals regularly lick
deposit: matter that has been deposited by some natural process

Other hypernyms of lick include sediment.

lick (noun)	deposit (noun)
touching with the tongue	the act of putting something somewhere
(boxing) a blow with the fist	a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
a salt deposit that animals regularly lick	a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met
	matter that has been deposited by some natural process
	the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
	a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
	money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
	money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use
	the natural process of laying down a deposit of something

lick (verb)	deposit (verb)
find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of	put, fix, force, or implant
take up with the tongue	put (something somewhere) firmly
pass the tongue over	put into a bank account
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

Difference between lick and deposit

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