stenograph vs write

stenograph is a noun but write is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stenograph	Yes	No	Yes	No
write	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, write is a hypernym of stenograph; that is, write is a word with a broader meaning than stenograph:

stenograph (noun)	write (noun)
a machine for typewriting shorthand characters
a shorthand character

stenograph (verb)	write (verb)
write in shorthand	communicate or express by writing
	record data on a computer
	contact in writing
	produce a literary work
	mark or trace words or symbols on a surface
	write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
	write music
	create code, write a computer program