pair vs ruin

pair and ruin both are nouns.

pair and ruin both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pair	Yes	No	Yes	No
ruin	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

pair: engage in sexual intercourse
ruin: deprive of virginity

Other hyponyms of pair include nick, bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with, tread, serve, service, deflower, mount, ride, breed, cover, bugger, sodomise, sodomize, sodomise, sodomize.

pair (noun)	ruin (noun)
two people considered as a unit	destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
a set of two similar things considered as a unit	a ruined building
a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value	an event that results in destruction
two items of the same kind	failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
	the process of becoming dilapidated
	an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction

pair (verb)	ruin (verb)
engage in sexual intercourse	fall into ruin
bring two objects, ideas, or people together	destroy completely; damage irreparably
arrange in pairs	reduce to ruins
occur in pairs	deprive of virginity
form a pair or pairs	reduce to bankruptcy
	destroy or cause to fail

Difference between pair and ruin

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