rush vs tear

rush and tear both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rush	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
tear	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of rush include barge, push forward, thrust ahead, buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, dart, dash, flash, scoot, scud, shoot.

rush (noun)	tear (noun)
the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner	a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line	the act of tearing
a sudden forceful flow	an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
a sudden burst of activity	an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
the swift release of a store of affective force
grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems

rush (adjective)	tear (adjective)
done under pressure
not accepting reservations

rush (verb)	tear (verb)
act at high speed	separate or cause to separate abruptly
urge to an unnatural speed	to separate or be separated by force
attack suddenly	strip of feathers
cause to occur rapidly	move quickly and violently
move hurridly	fill with tears or shed tears
run with the ball, in football
cause to move fast or to rush or race