ride vs lift

ride and lift both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ride	Yes	No	Yes	No
lift	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of ride include joyride, spin.

ride (noun)	lift (noun)
a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)	the act of raising something
a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement	plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
	the act of giving temporary assistance
	a ride in a car
	transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
	lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
	a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
	one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
	a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
	the event of something being raised upward
	a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
	the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

ride (verb)	lift (verb)
harass with persistent criticism or carping	perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot	remove from a surface
copulate with	put an end to
be carried or travel on or in a vehicle	remove (hair) by scalping
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions	rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
move like a floating object	invigorate or heighten
climb up on the body	raise in rank or condition
sit on and control a vehicle	remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
ride over, along, or through	take off or away by decreasing
continue undisturbed and without interference	cancel officially
lie moored or anchored	call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
have certain properties when driven	make audible
be sustained or supported or borne	take hold of something and move it to a different location
be contingent on	raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
	take (root crops) out of the ground
	fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
	raise from a lower to a higher position
	move upwards
	move upward
	make off with belongings of others
	take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
	pay off (a mortgage)
	take illegally
	rise up