recoil vs bounce

recoil and bounce both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
recoil	Yes	No	Yes	No
bounce	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, bounce is a hyponym of recoil; that is, bounce is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than recoil:

Other hyponyms of recoil include bouncing, resilience, resiliency, carom, ricochet.

As verbs, bounce is a hypernym of recoil; that is, bounce is a word with a broader meaning than recoil:

Other hypernyms of recoil include bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop.

As verbs, recoil and bounce are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of recoil include bound, rebound, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop.

recoil (noun)	bounce (noun)
a movement back from an impact	a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired	the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
	rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)

recoil (verb)	bounce (verb)
spring back, as from a forceful thrust	eject from the premises
draw back, as with fear or pain	hit something so that it bounces
spring back; spring away from an impact	spring back; spring away from an impact
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect	leap suddenly
	move up and down repeatedly
	come back after being refused
	refuse to accept and send back