success vs score

score vs success

success and score both are nouns.

success is not a verb while score is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
success	Yes	No	No	No
score	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, score is a hyponym of success; that is, score is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than success:

success: an attainment that is successful
score: the act of scoring in a game or sport

Other hyponyms of success include winning, bang, hit, smash, smasher, strike, bell ringer, bull's eye, home run, mark, conquest, coup, flying colors, flying colours, pass, passing, qualifying, overturn, upset, conquest, seduction, solution.

success (noun)	score (noun)
an attainment that is successful	the act of scoring in a game or sport
an event that accomplishes its intended purpose	a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse
a person with a record of successes	a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
a state of prosperity or fame	the facts about an actual situation
	a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages
	a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
	a set of twenty members
	grounds
	a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
	a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
	an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)

success (verb)	score (verb)
	assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
	make underscoring marks
	gain points in a game
	get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
	make small marks into the surface of
	induce to have sex
	write a musical score for

Difference between success and score

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