shoot vs knuckle

shoot and knuckle both are nouns.

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

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

shoot: throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
knuckle: shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground

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

shoot (noun)	knuckle (noun)
the act of shooting at targets	a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
a new branch

shoot (verb)	knuckle (verb)
give an injection to	press or rub with the knuckles
produce buds, branches, or germinate	shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground
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