plunge vs shoot

plunge and shoot both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plunge	Yes	No	Yes	No
shoot	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, shoot is a hypernym of plunge; that is, shoot is a word with a broader meaning than plunge:

Other hypernyms of plunge include dart, dash, flash, scoot, scud.

plunge (noun)	shoot (noun)
a brief swim in water	the act of shooting at targets
a steep and rapid fall	a new branch

plunge (verb)	shoot (verb)
begin with vigor	give an injection to
devote (oneself) fully to	produce buds, branches, or germinate
cause to be immersed	measure the altitude of by using a sextant
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate	record on photographic film
thrust or throw into	make a film or photograph of something
fall abruptly	utter fast and forcefully
drop steeply	fire a shot; release
dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity	hit with a missile from a weapon
	score
	spend frivolously and unwisely
	force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
	throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
	throw dice, as in a crap game
	variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
	run or move very quickly or hastily
	move quickly and violently
	send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
	cause a sharp and sudden pain in
	kill by firing a missile
	emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully