plant vs put

plant and put both are nouns.

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

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

As verbs, put is a hypernym of plant; that is, put 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
put: put into a certain place or abstract location

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

plant (noun)	put (noun)
buildings for carrying on industrial labor	the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
something planted secretly for discovery by another

plant (verb)	put (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	cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation
set up or lay the groundwork for	formulate in a particular style or language
place into a river	attribute or give
place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive	make an investment
put firmly in the mind	estimate
	cause (someone) to undergo something
	adapt
	arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events