scoop vs shell

scoop and shell both are nouns.

scoop and shell both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scoop	Yes	No	Yes	No
shell	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, shell is a hypernym of scoop; that is, shell is a word with a broader meaning than scoop:

scoop: get the better of
shell: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Other hypernyms of scoop include beat, beat out, crush, trounce, vanquish.

scoop (noun)	shell (noun)
a large ladle	the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe	hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate	ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
a news report that is reported first by one news organization	a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
the quantity a scoop will hold	the housing or outer covering of something
a hollow concave shape made by removing something	a very light narrow racing boat
	a rigid covering that envelops an object
	the exterior covering of a bird's egg
	the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
	the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals

scoop (verb)	shell (verb)
get the better of	remove from its shell or outer covering
take out or up with or as if with a scoop	remove the husks from
	use explosives on
	come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
	hit the pitches of hard and regularly
	look for and collect shells by the seashore
	fall out of the pod or husk
	create by using explosives

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