shoot vs dunk

shoot and dunk both are nouns.

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

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

shoot: throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
dunk: make a dunk shot, in basketball

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

shoot (noun)	dunk (noun)
the act of shooting at targets	a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
a new branch

shoot (verb)	dunk (verb)
give an injection to	dip into a liquid while eating
produce buds, branches, or germinate	immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
measure the altitude of by using a sextant	make a dunk shot, in basketball
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