skirt vs beg

skirt is a noun but beg is not a noun.

skirt and beg both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
skirt	Yes	No	Yes	No
beg	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, beg is a hyponym of skirt; that is, beg is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than skirt:

skirt: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
beg: dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted

Other hyponyms of skirt include quibble.

skirt (noun)	beg (noun)
a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
informal terms for a (young) woman
(Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar

skirt (verb)	beg (verb)
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)	call upon in supplication; entreat
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle	make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
pass around or about; move along the border	dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted
form the edge of	ask to obtain free

Difference between skirt and beg

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