payload vs nuke

payload and nuke both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
payload	Yes	No	No	No
nuke	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

payload: the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
nuke: the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb

Other hyponyms of payload include atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, thermonuclear warhead.

payload (noun)	nuke (noun)
goods carried by a large vehicle	the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb
the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents

payload (verb)	nuke (verb)
	cook or heat in a microwave oven
	strike at with firepower or bombs
	bomb with atomic weapons