recoil vs skip

recoil and skip both are nouns.

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

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

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

recoil (noun)	skip (noun)
a movement back from an impact	a mistake resulting from neglect
the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired	a gait in which steps and hops alternate

recoil (verb)	skip (verb)
spring back, as from a forceful thrust	bypass
draw back, as with fear or pain	cause to skip over a surface
spring back; spring away from an impact	jump lightly
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect	leave suddenly
	bound off one point after another
	intentionally fail to attend