lift vs fly

lift and fly both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lift	Yes	No	Yes	No
fly	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

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

lift (noun)	fly (noun)
the act of raising something	(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised	two-winged insects characterized by active flight
the act of giving temporary assistance	an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
a ride in a car	flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)	fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
the event of something being raised upward
a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

lift (adjective)	fly (adjective)
	(British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked

lift (verb)	fly (verb)
perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face	decrease rapidly and disappear
remove from a surface	change quickly from one emotional state to another
put an end to	transport by aeroplane
remove (hair) by scalping	hit a fly
rise upward, as from pressure or moisture	travel through the air; be airborne
invigorate or heighten	operate an airplane
raise in rank or condition	move quickly or suddenly
remove from a seedbed or from a nursery	run away quickly
take off or away by decreasing	travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
cancel officially	travel in an airplane
call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs	pass away rapidly
make audible	cause to fly or float
take hold of something and move it to a different location	be dispersed or disseminated
raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help	display in the air or cause to float
take (root crops) out of the ground
fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
raise from a lower to a higher position
move upwards
move upward
make off with belongings of others
take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
pay off (a mortgage)
take illegally
rise up