milk vs tap

milk and tap both are nouns.

milk and tap both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
milk	Yes	No	Yes	No
tap	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, tap is a hypernym of milk; that is, tap is a word with a broader meaning than milk:

milk: exploit as much as possible
tap: draw from; make good use of

Other hypernyms of milk include exploit.

milk (noun)	tap (noun)
produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young	a light touch or stroke
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings	the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
any of several nutritive milklike liquids	a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
	a plug for a bunghole in a cask
	a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
	a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
	the sound made by a gentle blow
	a gentle blow

milk (verb)	tap (verb)
take milk from female mammals	make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
add milk to	draw from; make good use of
exploit as much as possible	strike lightly
	cut a female screw thread with a tap
	pierce in order to draw a liquid from
	walk with a tapping sound
	dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes
	draw (liquor) from a tap
	tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
	make light, repeated taps on a surface
	draw from or dip into to get something
	furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it

Difference between milk and tap

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