mound vs pyre

mound and pyre both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mound	Yes	No	Yes	No
pyre	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pyre is a hyponym of mound; that is, pyre is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mound:

mound (noun)	pyre (noun)
the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit	wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
(baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
a small natural hill

mound (verb)	pyre (verb)
form into a rounded elevation