skip vs ricochet

skip and ricochet both are nouns.

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

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

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

skip (noun)	ricochet (noun)
a mistake resulting from neglect	a glancing rebound
a gait in which steps and hops alternate

skip (verb)	ricochet (verb)
bypass	spring back; spring away from an impact
cause to skip over a surface
jump lightly
leave suddenly
bound off one point after another
intentionally fail to attend