lop vs poll

lop is not a noun while poll is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lop	No	No	Yes	No
poll	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of lop include shear, pollard, pinch, top, disbud.

lop (noun)	poll (noun)
	the counting of votes (as in an election)
	the top of the head
	the part of the head between the ears
	an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
	a tame parrot

lop (verb)	poll (verb)
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of	convert into a pollard
cut off from a whole	get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
	vote in an election at a polling station
	get the votes of