shred vs tear

shred and tear both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shred	Yes	No	Yes	No
tear	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, tear is a hypernym of shred; that is, tear is a word with a broader meaning than shred:

Other hypernyms of shred include bust, rupture, snap.

shred (noun)	tear (noun)
a small piece of cloth	a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
a tiny or scarcely detectable amount	the act of tearing
	an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
	an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

shred (verb)	tear (verb)
tear into shreds	separate or cause to separate abruptly
	to separate or be separated by force
	strip of feathers
	move quickly and violently
	fill with tears or shed tears