plant vs pass

plant and pass both are nouns.

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

Other hypernyms of plant include pass on, communicate, pass along, put across.

plant (noun)	pass (noun)
buildings for carrying on industrial labor	(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion	(military) a written leave of absence
an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience	(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
something planted secretly for discovery by another	the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
	any authorization to pass or go somewhere
	a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
	a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
	a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
	a difficult juncture
	one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
	an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
	a permit to enter or leave a military installation
	a complimentary ticket
	a usually brief attempt
	(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
	success in satisfying a test or requirement

plant (adjective)	pass (adjective)
	of advancing the ball by throwing it

plant (verb)	pass (verb)
put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground	go across or through
fix or set securely or deeply	move past
set up or lay the groundwork for	make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
place into a river	for time to move forward
place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive	place into the hands or custody of
put firmly in the mind	stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
	travel past
	come to pass
	go unchallenged; be approved
	use up a period of time in a specific way
	pass over, across, or through
	transmit information
	disappear gradually
	go successfully through a test or a selection process
	be superior or better than some standard
	accept or judge as acceptable
	allow to go without comment or censure
	transfer to another; of rights or property
	pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
	throw (a ball) to another player
	be inherited by
	cause to pass
	grant authorization or clearance for
	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
	eliminate from the body