pair vs screw

pair and screw both are nouns.

pair and screw both are verbs.

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

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

pair: engage in sexual intercourse
screw: have sexual intercourse with

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, sleep together, sleep with, tread, serve, service, deflower, ruin, mount, ride, breed, cover, bugger, sodomise, sodomize, sodomise, sodomize.

pair (noun)	screw (noun)
two people considered as a unit	slang for sexual intercourse
a set of two similar things considered as a unit	a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head
a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value	a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air
two items of the same kind	a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole
	someone who guards prisoners

pair (verb)	screw (verb)
engage in sexual intercourse	defeat someone through trickery or deceit
bring two objects, ideas, or people together	tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions
arrange in pairs	cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion
occur in pairs	turn like a screw
form a pair or pairs	have sexual intercourse with

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