skip vs recoil

skip and recoil both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
skip	Yes	No	Yes	No
recoil	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, recoil is a hypernym of skip; that is, recoil is a word with a broader meaning than skip:

Other hypernyms of skip include bounce, bound, rebound, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop.

skip (noun)	recoil (noun)
a mistake resulting from neglect	a movement back from an impact
a gait in which steps and hops alternate	the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired

skip (verb)	recoil (verb)
bypass	spring back, as from a forceful thrust
cause to skip over a surface	draw back, as with fear or pain
jump lightly	spring back; spring away from an impact
leave suddenly	come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
bound off one point after another
intentionally fail to attend