shank vs cylinder

shank and cylinder both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shank	Yes	No	Yes	No
cylinder	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cylinder is a hypernym of shank; that is, cylinder is a word with a broader meaning than shank:

shank: cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
cylinder: a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line

As nouns, cylinder is a hypernym of shank; that is, cylinder is a word with a broader meaning than shank:

shank: cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
cylinder: a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line

As nouns, cylinder is a hypernym of shank; that is, cylinder is a word with a broader meaning than shank:

shank: cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
cylinder: a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line

shank (noun)	cylinder (noun)
a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball	a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air
lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals	a chamber within which piston moves
the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole	a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line
cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill	a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases)
cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg

shank (verb)	cylinder (verb)
hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction