punt vs boot

punt and boot both are nouns.

punt and boot both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
punt	Yes	No	Yes	No
boot	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, boot is a hypernym of punt; that is, boot is a word with a broader meaning than punt:

punt: (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground
boot: the act of delivering a blow with the foot

Other hypernyms of punt include kick, kicking.

punt (noun)	boot (noun)
formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence	the act of delivering a blow with the foot
(football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground	a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed
an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole	footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
	compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
	an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
	protective casing for something that resembles a leg
	the swift release of a store of affective force

punt (verb)	boot (verb)
place a bet on	cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
propel with a pole	kick; give a boot to
kick the ball

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