short vs goldbrick

short and goldbrick both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
short	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
goldbrick	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, goldbrick is a hypernym of short; that is, goldbrick is a word with a broader meaning than short:

Other hypernyms of short include bunco, con, defraud, diddle, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize.

short (noun)	goldbrick (noun)
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base	anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed	a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference	an idle worthless person
	a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort

short (adjective)	goldbrick (adjective)
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
lacking foresight or scope
of insufficient quantity to meet a need
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

short (verb)	goldbrick (verb)
create a short circuit in	avoid (one's assigned duties)
cheat someone by not returning him enough money	deprive of by deceit

short (adverb)	goldbrick (adverb)
in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
at a disadvantage
so as to interrupt
at some point or distance before a goal is reached
clean across
without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
quickly and without warning; happening unexpectedly; on impulse; without premeditation