scourge vs destroy

scourge is a noun but destroy is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scourge	Yes	No	Yes	No
destroy	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, destroy is a hypernym of scourge; that is, destroy is a word with a broader meaning than scourge:

Other hypernyms of scourge include ruin.

scourge (noun)	destroy (noun)
a whip used to inflict punishment
a person who inspires fear or dread
something causing misery or death

scourge (verb)	destroy (verb)
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly	defeat soundly and humiliatingly
whip	destroy completely; damage irreparably
punish severely; excoriate	put (an animal) to death
	do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of