stump vs puzzle

stump and puzzle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stump	Yes	No	Yes	No
puzzle	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, puzzle is a hypernym of stump; that is, puzzle is a word with a broader meaning than stump:

Other hypernyms of stump include amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, stick, stupefy, vex.

stump (noun)	puzzle (noun)
(cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket	a game that tests your ingenuity
a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it	a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed
the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled

stump (verb)	puzzle (verb)
remove tree stumps from	be a mystery or bewildering to
cause to be perplexed or confounded	be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
travel through a district and make political speeches
walk heavily