score vs dent

score and dent both are nouns.

score and dent both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
score	Yes	No	Yes	No
dent	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, dent is a hypernym of score; that is, dent is a word with a broader meaning than score:

score: a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
dent: a depression scratched or carved into a surface

Other hypernyms of score include incision, prick, scratch, slit.

score (noun)	dent (noun)
the act of scoring in a game or sport	an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse	an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)	a depression scratched or carved into a surface
the facts about an actual situation
a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages
a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
a set of twenty members
grounds
a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)

score (verb)	dent (verb)
assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation	make a depression into
make underscoring marks
gain points in a game
get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
make small marks into the surface of
induce to have sex
write a musical score for

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