mill vs groove

mill and groove both are nouns.

mill and groove both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mill	Yes	No	Yes	No
groove	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, groove is a hypernym of mill; that is, groove is a word with a broader meaning than mill:

mill: produce a ridge around the edge of
groove: make a groove in, or provide with a groove

mill (noun)	groove (noun)
the act of grinding to a powder or dust	a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape
machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing	(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing	a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)

mill (verb)	groove (verb)
grind with a mill	hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove
produce a ridge around the edge of	make a groove in, or provide with a groove
roll out (metal) with a rolling machine
move about in a confused manner

Difference between mill and groove

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