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shoot vs score

score vs shoot

shoot and score both are nouns.

shoot and score both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
shoot Yes No Yes No
score Yes No Yes No
As verbs, score is a hypernym of shoot; that is, score is a word with a broader meaning than shoot:
  • shoot: score
  • score: gain points in a game
Other hypernyms of shoot include rack up, tally.
shoot (noun) score (noun)
the act of shooting at targets the act of scoring in a game or sport
a new branch a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse
a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
the facts about an actual situation
a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages
a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
a set of twenty members
grounds
a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)
shoot (verb) score (verb)
give an injection to assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
produce buds, branches, or germinate make underscoring marks
measure the altitude of by using a sextant gain points in a game
record on photographic film get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
make a film or photograph of something make small marks into the surface of
utter fast and forcefully induce to have sex
fire a shot; release write a musical score for
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
Difference between shoot and score

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