pile vs hair

pile and hair both are nouns.

pile is a verb but hair is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pile	Yes	No	Yes	No
hair	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hair is a hypernym of pile; that is, hair is a word with a broader meaning than pile:

pile: fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
hair: a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

pile (noun)	hair (noun)
a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy	a filamentous projection or process on an organism
battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta	cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave	a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure	any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)	filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
a collection of objects laid on top of each other	a very small distance or space
a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

pile (verb)	hair (verb)
arrange in stacks
place or lay as if in a pile
press tightly together or cram

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