sample vs consume

sample is a noun but consume is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sample	Yes	No	Yes	No
consume	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, consume is a hypernym of sample; that is, consume is a word with a broader meaning than sample:

Other hypernyms of sample include have, ingest, take, take in.

sample (noun)	consume (noun)
a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class

sample (verb)	consume (verb)
take a sample of	engage fully
	serve oneself to, or consume regularly
	use up (resources or materials)
	spend extravagantly
	eat up completely, as with great appetite
	destroy completely