slash vs cowhide

slash and cowhide both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
slash	Yes	No	Yes	No
cowhide	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of slash include flagellate, scourge, leather, horsewhip, switch, cat, birch.

slash (noun)	cowhide (noun)
a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument	a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow
a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information	leather made from the hide of a cow
an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)	the hide of a cow
a wound made by cutting

slash (verb)	cowhide (verb)
cut drastically	flog with a cowhide
cut open
cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
beat severely with a whip or rod
move or stir about violently