roll vs rock

roll and rock both are nouns.

roll and rock both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
roll	Yes	No	Yes	No
rock	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, rock is a hypernym of roll; that is, rock is a word with a broader meaning than roll:

roll: move, rock, or sway from side to side
rock: move back and forth or sideways

Other hypernyms of roll include shake, sway.

roll (noun)	rock (noun)
a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude	pitching dangerously to one side
the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)	a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
the act of throwing dice	hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
walking with a swaying gait	a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
anything rolled up in cylindrical form	(figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable
photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light	material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
a list of names
a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
rotary motion of an object around its own axis
the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
small rounded bread either plain or sweet
a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

roll (verb)	rock (verb)
execute a roll, in tumbling	move back and forth or sideways
take the shape of a roll or cylinder	cause to move back and forth
show certain properties when being rolled
boil vigorously
shape by rolling
pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
arrange or coil around
begin operating or running
flatten or spread with a roller
move by turning over or rotating
move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
move, rock, or sway from side to side
emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
occur in soft rounded shapes

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