scat vs take flight

scat is a noun but take flight is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scat	Yes	No	Yes	No
take flight	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, take flight is a hyponym of scat; that is, take flight is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than scat:

Other hyponyms of scat include flee, fly, skedaddle.

scat (noun)	take flight (noun)
singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument

scat (verb)	take flight (verb)
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run	run away quickly