shipwreck vs destroy

shipwreck is a noun but destroy is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shipwreck	Yes	No	Yes	No
destroy	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, destroy is a hypernym of shipwreck; that is, destroy is a word with a broader meaning than shipwreck:

Other hypernyms of shipwreck include ruin.

shipwreck (noun)	destroy (noun)
a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
an accident that destroys a ship at sea
an irretrievable loss

shipwreck (verb)	destroy (verb)
destroy a ship	defeat soundly and humiliatingly
cause to experience shipwreck	destroy completely; damage irreparably
ruin utterly	put (an animal) to death
suffer failure, as in some enterprise	do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of