throng vs hive

throng and hive both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
throng	Yes	No	Yes	No
hive	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of throng include horde, host, legion, herd, ruck.

throng (noun)	hive (noun)
a large gathering of people	a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
	a teeming multitude
	a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree

throng (verb)	hive (verb)
press tightly together or cram	gather into a hive
	move together in a hive or as if in a hive
	store, like bees