plant vs lay

plant and lay both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plant	Yes	No	Yes	No
lay	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

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, position, put, set.

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, position, put, set.

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

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

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