carve vs sculpt

carve and sculpt both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
carve	No	No	Yes	No
sculpt	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, sculpt is a hyponym of carve; that is, sculpt is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than carve:

Other hyponyms of carve include hew, hew out, grave, sculpture, fret.

carve (verb)	sculpt (verb)
cut to pieces	shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
form by carving	create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface