percolate vs recover

percolate is a noun but recover is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
percolate	Yes	No	Yes	No
recover	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, recover is a hypernym of percolate; that is, recover is a word with a broader meaning than percolate:

Other hypernyms of percolate include convalesce, recuperate.

percolate (noun)	recover (noun)
the product of percolation

percolate (verb)	recover (verb)
gain or regain energy	get over an illness or shock
pass through	regain a former condition after a financial loss
cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent	get or find back; recover the use of
prepare in a percolator	regain or make up for
permeate or penetrate gradually	reuse (materials from waste products)
spread gradually	cover anew