recoil vs carom

recoil and carom both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of recoil include kick, kick back, recoil, bound off, skip.

recoil (noun)	carom (noun)
a movement back from an impact	a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired	a glancing rebound

recoil (verb)	carom (verb)
spring back, as from a forceful thrust	make a carom
draw back, as with fear or pain	rebound after hitting
spring back; spring away from an impact
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect