multitude vs hive

multitude and hive both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
multitude	Yes	No	No	No
hive	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of multitude include horde, host, legion, herd, ruck.

multitude (noun)	hive (noun)
a large gathering of people	a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
the common people generally	a teeming multitude
a large indefinite quantity	a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree

multitude (verb)	hive (verb)
	gather into a hive
	move together in a hive or as if in a hive
	store, like bees