shoot vs carom

shoot and carom both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shoot	Yes	No	Yes	No
carom	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, carom is a hyponym of shoot; that is, carom is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than shoot:

shoot: throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
carom: make a carom

Other hyponyms of shoot include dunk, break, chip, birdie, double birdie, eagle, double bogey, bogey, knuckle.

shoot (noun)	carom (noun)
the act of shooting at targets	a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
a new branch	a glancing rebound

shoot (verb)	carom (verb)
give an injection to	make a carom
produce buds, branches, or germinate	rebound after hitting
measure the altitude of by using a sextant
record on photographic film
make a film or photograph of something
utter fast and forcefully
fire a shot; release
hit with a missile from a weapon
score
spend frivolously and unwisely
force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
throw dice, as in a crap game
variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
run or move very quickly or hastily
move quickly and violently
send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
cause a sharp and sudden pain in
kill by firing a missile
emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully