poll vs prune

poll and prune both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
poll	Yes	No	Yes	No
prune	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, prune is a hypernym of poll; that is, prune is a word with a broader meaning than poll:

Other hypernyms of poll include clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, snip, trim.

poll (noun)	prune (noun)
the counting of votes (as in an election)	dried plum
the top of the head
the part of the head between the ears
an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
a tame parrot

poll (verb)	prune (verb)
convert into a pollard	weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions	cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
vote in an election at a polling station
get the votes of