slough vs drop

slough and drop both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
slough	Yes	No	Yes	No
drop	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, drop is a hypernym of slough; that is, drop is a word with a broader meaning than slough:

Other hypernyms of slough include cast, cast off, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off.

slough (noun)	drop (noun)
any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)	the act of dropping something
necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass	a central depository where things can be left or picked up
a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)	a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
a hollow filled with mud	a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
	a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
	a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
	a steep high face of rock
	a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
	a shape that is spherical and small

slough (verb)	drop (verb)
cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers	give birth; used for animals
	grow progressively worse
	go down in value
	stop pursuing or acting
	change from one level to another
	lower the pitch of (musical notes)
	fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
	leave undone or leave out
	omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
	utter with seeming casualness
	lose (a game)
	take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
	remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
	to remove
	cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
	let or cause to fall in drops
	to fall vertically
	let fall to the ground
	fall or descend to a lower place or level
	pay out
	stop associating with
	terminate an association with
	hang loosely