tap vs mine

tap and mine both are nouns.

tap and mine both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tap	Yes	No	Yes	No
mine	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

tap: draw from; make good use of
mine: get from the earth by excavation

Other hyponyms of tap include maximise, maximize, harness, quarry, overexploit, commercialize, milk.

tap (noun)	mine (noun)
a light touch or stroke	explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information	excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
a plug for a bunghole in a cask
a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
the sound made by a gentle blow
a gentle blow

tap (verb)	mine (verb)
make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently	lay mines
draw from; make good use of	get from the earth by excavation
strike lightly
cut a female screw thread with a tap
pierce in order to draw a liquid from
walk with a tapping sound
dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes
draw (liquor) from a tap
tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
make light, repeated taps on a surface
draw from or dip into to get something
furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it

Difference between tap and mine

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