root vs father

root and father both are nouns.

root and father both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
root	Yes	No	Yes	No
father	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

root: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
father: the founder of a family

Other hyponyms of root include ancestress, forbear, forebear, forefather, sire, foremother, primogenitor, progenitor.

root (noun)	father (noun)
the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair	a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed	the founder of a family
a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes	a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation	a person who founds or establishes some institution
the place where something begins, where it springs into being	the head of an organized crime family
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number

root (verb)	father (verb)
take root and begin to grow	make (offspring) by reproduction
cause to take roots
become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
dig with the snout
plant by the roots
cheer for
come into existence, originate

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