Words That Are Both Nouns And Verbs Vocabulary Word List

access act aim answer attack

ache address alert arrest auction

back bare benefit board break

bail bargain blame bomb breed
balance battle blast bother broadcast
balloon beam bleach bounce brush
ban bear block bow bump
bandage beat bloom box burn
bank bend blow bread buy

cake chant cloud cook crate

call charge clue coop credit
camp cheat coach copy crush
care check color cost cure
catch cheer comb count curl
cause chip comfort cover curve
challenge claim contrast crack cut
change clip control crash cycle

dam delay dislike doubt drink

damage delight display drain drive
dance demand dive draw duck
deal design divorce dream dump
decay dial dock dress dust
decrease die double drill dye

echo escape estimate excuse experience

email esteem exchange exhibit eye
end

face fight fix flow form

fall file flap flower frame
favor fill flash fly freeze
fax film float fold frown
fear finish flood fool function
feel fish floss force

garden glue grill grip guess

gaze grate grimace guarantee guide
gel grease grin guard

hammer harness heat hit hug

hand hate help hold humor
handle head hide hop hunt
harm heap highlight hope hurry
hike hose

ice inch influence interest itch

impact increase insult iron

jail jam joke judge jump

keep kiss knock

kick knit knot

label laugh license limit lock

land lead lie link look
last leap lift load love
level light loan

mail march matter mind moor

make mark mean mine move
man match measure miss mug
mate milk mistake
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nail need notch notice

name nest note number

object offer oil order

pack pat pick plug process

pad pay pine point produce
paddle pedal place poke promise
paint peel plan pop protest
park pelt plane post pull
part permit plant practice pump
pass phone play praise punch
paste photograph plow present push
pause

question quilt quiz

race rate rent rhyme roll

rain reach repair ring row
raise reason reply riot ruin
rant record report risk rule
reign request rock run

sail shop smell stamp stroke

sand show smile stand struggle
saw sign smirk star study
scare signal smoke start stuff
scratch silence snack state stunt
screw sin snow steer suit
search sip sound step supply
season skate span sting support
sense sketch spot stop surf
shampoo ski spray store surprise
shape slice sprout storm swap
share slide squash stress swing
shelter slip stain strip swivel
shock
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tack thunder tire trade trim

talk thought toast train trust
taste tick touch transport tug
tear tie tour trap turn
tease time tow travel twist
telephone tip trace treat type
test track trick

upstage use

vacuum value visit voice vote

walk water whisper wire worry

waltz wave whistle wish wrap
wake wear wick work wreck
watch whip wink

yawn yield

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A List of Verbs That Are Also Nouns

Though it’s hardly a complete list, you can share hundreds of examples of words that are both nouns
and verbs with your students. Try these on for size:

act die kick run

address divorce kiss sand

aim double laugh saw

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answer doubt loan
smell
back dust love
surprise
balloon echo man
thunder
bank end march
tie
battle estimate milk
time
bear face name
toast
bend finish number
trace
blast fish object
train
block flood order
treat
break fool paddle
trick
brush frown peel
use
catch garden permit
vacuum
challenge glue play
value
charge guard pop
visit
cheer guess practice
wake
color hammer produce
walk
cook hand punch
water
crack head question
wish
curl hug quiz
work
cycle insult rhyme
x-ray
dance iron rock
yawn
design joke roll
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The Difference Between Nouns and Verbs

A quick refresher: Nouns are words that represent a person, place, thing or idea. They often serve as
the subject of a sentence; that is, the thing that performs an action. For example:
The girl hugged the cat.

In this sentence, the girl is a noun that stand for a person, and the person is performing the act
of hugging.

Notice that there’s another noun in the sentence, too: cat. This noun is not performing the action
but is instead being acted upon. This noun is the object.

Verbs, on the other hand, are the action words in a sentence. In the above example, hugged is the
verb, or the action the girl performs. Verbs come in all sorts of tenses,but their function is always the
same: to show what’s happening in the sentence.