ship vs lay

ship and lay both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ship	Yes	No	Yes	No
lay	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, lay is a hypernym of ship; that is, lay is a word with a broader meaning than ship:

Other hypernyms of ship include place, pose, position, put, set.

ship (noun)	lay (noun)
a vessel that carries passengers or freight	a narrative poem of popular origin
	a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

ship (adjective)	lay (adjective)
	not of or from a profession
	characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

ship (verb)	lay (verb)
place on board a ship	put in a horizontal position
transport commercially	put into a certain place or abstract location
go on board	lay eggs
travel by ship	prepare or position for action or operation
hire for work on a ship	impose as a duty, burden, or punishment