swim vs bathe

swim and bathe both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
swim	Yes	No	Yes	No
bathe	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of swim include skinny-dip, dip, plunge, dive, diving, floating, natation, skin-dive, skin diving.

As verbs, bathe is a hyponym of swim; that is, bathe is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than swim:

Other hyponyms of swim include school, break water, fin, fin, paddle, crawl, breaststroke, backstroke, dive.

swim (noun)	bathe (noun)
the act of swimming	the act of swimming for pleasure or recreation

swim (verb)	bathe (verb)
travel through water	cleanse the entire body
be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom	suffuse or envelope with something
move as if gliding through water	swim for pleasure or recreation
be covered with or submerged in a liquid
be dizzy or giddy