shipwreck vs ruin

shipwreck and ruin both are nouns.

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

As nouns, ruin is a hypernym of shipwreck; that is, ruin is a word with a broader meaning than shipwreck:

Other hypernyms of shipwreck include ruination.

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

Other hypernyms of shipwreck include destroy.

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

shipwreck (noun)	ruin (noun)
a wrecked ship (or a part of one)	destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
an accident that destroys a ship at sea	a ruined building
an irretrievable loss	an event that results in destruction
	failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
	the process of becoming dilapidated
	an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction

shipwreck (verb)	ruin (verb)
destroy a ship	fall into ruin
cause to experience shipwreck	destroy completely; damage irreparably
ruin utterly	reduce to ruins
suffer failure, as in some enterprise	deprive of virginity
	reduce to bankruptcy
	destroy or cause to fail