telescope vs squash

telescope and squash both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
telescope	Yes	No	Yes	No
squash	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, squash is a hypernym of telescope; that is, squash is a word with a broader meaning than telescope:

Other hypernyms of telescope include crush, mash, squeeze, squelch.

telescope (noun)	squash (noun)
a magnifier of images of distant objects	a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets
	edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable
	any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

telescope (verb)	squash (verb)
make smaller or shorter	to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
crush together or collapse