put away vs finish

finish vs put away

put away is not a noun while finish is a noun.

put away and finish both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
put away	No	No	Yes	No
finish	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

put away: eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
finish: finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table

Other hypernyms of put away include eat up, polish off.

put away (noun)	finish (noun)
	the act of finishing
	a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
	(wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed)
	designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)
	the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict)
	event whose occurrence ends something
	the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
	a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
	the temporal end; the concluding time

put away (verb)	finish (verb)
turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily	finally be or do something
eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food	come or bring to a finish or an end
kill gently, as with an injection	cause to finish a relationship with somebody
place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape	finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
stop using	provide with a finish
throw or cast away	have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

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