sheet vs pelt

sheet and pelt both are nouns.

sheet and pelt both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sheet	Yes	No	Yes	No
pelt	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, pelt is a hypernym of sheet; that is, pelt is a word with a broader meaning than sheet:

sheet: come down as if in sheets
pelt: rain heavily

Other hypernyms of sheet include pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream.

sheet (noun)	pelt (noun)
bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs	body covering of a living animal
(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind	the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
paper used for writing or printing
newspaper with half-size pages
any broad thin expanse or surface
(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape

sheet (verb)	pelt (verb)
cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping	attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
come down as if in sheets	cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
	rain heavily

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