lot vs carve up

lot is a noun but carve up is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lot	Yes	No	Yes	No
carve up	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, carve up is a hypernym of lot; that is, carve up is a word with a broader meaning than lot:

Other hypernyms of lot include dissever, divide, separate, split, split up.

lot (noun)	carve up (noun)
anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
an unofficial association of people or groups
any collection in its entirety
a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

lot (verb)	carve up (verb)
administer or bestow, as in small portions	separate into parts or portions
divide into lots, as of land, for example