bid vs seek

bid and seek both are nouns.

bid and seek both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bid	Yes	No	Yes	No
seek	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, seek is a hypernym of bid; that is, seek is a word with a broader meaning than bid:

bid: make a serious effort to attain something
seek: try to get or reach

bid (noun)	seek (noun)
an attempt to get something	the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
(bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

bid (verb)	seek (verb)
ask someone in a friendly way to do something	inquire for
invoke upon	try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
ask for or request earnestly	go to or towards
propose a payment	try to get or reach
make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands	make an effort or attempt
make a serious effort to attain something

Difference between bid and seek

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