shaft vs crush

shaft and crush both are nouns.

shaft and crush both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

shaft (noun)	crush (noun)
the hollow spine of a feather	the act of crushing
a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)	temporary love of an adolescent
a revolving rod that transmits power or motion	a dense crowd of people
a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel	leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
(architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
the main (mid) section of a long bone
obscene terms for penis
a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
a column of light (as from a beacon)

shaft (verb)	crush (verb)
defeat someone through trickery or deceit	break into small pieces
equip with a shaft	become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
	come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
	make ineffective
	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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