race vs tear

race and tear both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
race	Yes	No	Yes	No
tear	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of race include barge, push forward, thrust ahead, buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, dart, dash, flash, scoot, scud, shoot.

race (noun)	tear (noun)
a canal for a current of water	a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
a contest of speed	the act of tearing
any competition	an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock	an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
(biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

race (verb)	tear (verb)
compete in a race	separate or cause to separate abruptly
move hurridly	to separate or be separated by force
cause to move fast or to rush or race	strip of feathers
to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others	move quickly and violently
	fill with tears or shed tears