shoot vs discharge

shoot and discharge both are nouns.

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

As verbs, discharge is a hypernym of shoot; that is, discharge is a word with a broader meaning than shoot:

Other hypernyms of shoot include fire.

shoot (noun)	discharge (noun)
the act of shooting at targets	the act of discharging a gun
a new branch	the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
	a formal written statement of relinquishment
	the act of venting
	the sudden giving off of energy
	the pouring forth of a fluid
	electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
	any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
	a substance that is emitted or released

shoot (verb)	discharge (verb)
give an injection to	eliminate (a substance)
produce buds, branches, or germinate	become empty or void of its content
measure the altitude of by using a sextant	pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
record on photographic film	release from military service
make a film or photograph of something	cause to go off
utter fast and forcefully	go off or discharge
fire a shot; release	pour forth or release
hit with a missile from a weapon	remove the charge from
score	remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
spend frivolously and unwisely	complete or carry out
force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing	free from obligations or duties
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