plant vs lay

plant and lay both are nouns.

As verbs, lay is a hypernym of plant; that is, lay is a word with a broader meaning than plant:

Other hypernyms of plant include place, pose, put, set, position.

As verbs, lay is a hypernym of plant; that is, lay is a word with a broader meaning than plant:

plant: place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive
lay: put into a certain place or abstract location

Other hypernyms of plant include place, pose, put, set, position.

plant (noun)	lay (noun)
buildings for carrying on industrial labor	a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion	a narrative poem of popular origin
an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
something planted secretly for discovery by another

plant (adjective)	lay (adjective)
	characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
	not of or from a profession

plant (verb)	lay (verb)
put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground	put into a certain place or abstract location
fix or set securely or deeply	put in a horizontal position
set up or lay the groundwork for	prepare or position for action or operation
place into a river	lay eggs
place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive	impose as a duty, burden, or punishment
put firmly in the mind