screw vs crush

screw and crush both are nouns.

screw and crush both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
screw	Yes	No	Yes	No
crush	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, crush is a hypernym of screw; that is, crush is a word with a broader meaning than screw:

screw: defeat someone through trickery or deceit
crush: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Other hypernyms of screw include beat, beat out, shell, trounce, vanquish.

screw (noun)	crush (noun)
slang for sexual intercourse	the act of crushing
a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head	temporary love of an adolescent
a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air	a dense crowd of people
a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole	leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
someone who guards prisoners

screw (verb)	crush (verb)
defeat someone through trickery or deceit	break into small pieces
tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions	become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion	come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
turn like a screw	make ineffective
have sexual intercourse with	to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
	crush or bruise
	humiliate or depress completely
	come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

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