animal foot vs paw

animal foot and paw both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
animal foot	Yes	No	No	No
paw	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, paw is a hyponym of animal foot; that is, paw is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than animal foot:

Other hyponyms of animal foot include fossorial foot, hoof, bird's foot, webfoot, trotter, forefoot, hindfoot.

animal foot (noun)	paw (noun)
the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings	a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
	the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

animal foot (verb)	paw (verb)
	touch clumsily
	scrape with the paws