pelt vs sluice

pelt and sluice both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pelt	Yes	No	Yes	No
sluice	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of pelt include sheet, sluice down.

pelt (noun)	sluice (noun)
body covering of a living animal	conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

pelt (verb)	sluice (verb)
attack and bombard with or as if with missiles	irrigate with water from a sluice
cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile	draw through a sluice
rain heavily	transport in or send down a sluice
	pour as if from a sluice