take home vs realize

take home and realize both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
take home	No	No	Yes	No
realize	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, realize is a hypernym of take home; that is, realize is a word with a broader meaning than take home:

take home: earn as a salary or wage
realize: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

Other hypernyms of take home include bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, take in.

take home (verb)	realize (verb)
earn as a salary or wage	perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
	be fully aware or cognizant of
	make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
	expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass
	convert into cash; of goods and property
	earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages