barrage vs snipe

barrage and snipe both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
barrage	Yes	No	Yes	No
snipe	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, snipe is a hypernym of barrage; that is, snipe is a word with a broader meaning than barrage:

Other hypernyms of barrage include assail, assault, attack, lash out, round.

barrage (noun)	snipe (noun)
the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target	a gunshot from a concealed location
the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)	Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks

barrage (verb)	snipe (verb)
address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage	attack in speech or writing
	aim and shoot with great precision
	hunt or shoot snipe