pestle vs grind

grind vs pestle

pestle and grind both are nouns.

pestle and grind both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pestle	Yes	No	Yes	No
grind	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, grind is a hypernym of pestle; that is, grind is a word with a broader meaning than pestle:

pestle: grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar
grind: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

Other hypernyms of pestle include bray, comminute, crunch, mash.

pestle (noun)	grind (noun)
a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar	the act of grinding to a powder or dust
a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone	hard monotonous routine work
machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores	the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
	an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

pestle (verb)	grind (verb)
grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar	reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
	make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
	press or grind with a crushing noise
	shape or form by grinding
	created by grinding
	dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced
	work hard

Difference between pestle and grind

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