preserve vs salt

preserve and salt both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
preserve	Yes	No	Yes	No
salt	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, salt is a hyponym of preserve; that is, salt is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than preserve:

Other hyponyms of preserve include freeze-dry, conserve, dehydrate, desiccate, pickle, can, put up, tin, refrigerate, cure, corn.

preserve (noun)	salt (noun)
fruit preserved by cooking with sugar	the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
a reservation where animals are protected	white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone	a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

preserve (adjective)	salt (adjective)
	(of speech) painful or bitter

preserve (verb)	salt (verb)
prevent (food) from rotting	preserve with salt
keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction	add zest or liveliness to
to keep up and reserve for personal or special use	sprinkle as if with salt
keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last	add salt to
maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger
keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing