starve vs die

starve is not a noun while die is a noun.

starve and die both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
starve	No	No	Yes	No
die	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, die is a hypernym of starve; that is, die is a word with a broader meaning than starve:

starve: die of food deprivation
die: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Other hypernyms of starve include buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it.

starve (noun)	die (noun)
	a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
	a device used for shaping metal
	a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods

starve (verb)	die (verb)
be hungry; go without food	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for	disappear or come to an end
die of food deprivation	suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)
deprive of food	stop operating or functioning
deprive of a necessity and cause suffering	lose sparkle or bouquet
	to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
	cut or shape with a die
	be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame
	languish as with love or desire
	feel indifferent towards
	suffer or face the pain of death

Difference between starve and die

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