malfunction vs brick

malfunction and brick both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
malfunction	Yes	No	Yes	No
brick	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of malfunction include jam, glitch.

malfunction (noun)	brick (noun)
a failure to function normally	rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
	a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy

malfunction (verb)	brick (verb)
fail to function or function improperly	To stop working (of an electronic device)