scoff vs discount

scoff and discount both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scoff	Yes	No	Yes	No
discount	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, discount is a hypernym of scoff; that is, discount is a word with a broader meaning than scoff:

Other hypernyms of scoff include brush aside, brush off, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside.

scoff (noun)	discount (noun)
showing your contempt by derision	the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
	an amount or percentage deducted
	interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan
	a refund of some fraction of the amount paid

scoff (verb)	discount (verb)
laugh at with contempt and derision	bar from attention or consideration
treat with contemptuous disregard	give a reduction in price on