dig vs furrow

dig and furrow both are nouns.

dig and furrow both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dig	Yes	No	Yes	No
furrow	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

dig: turn up, loosen, or remove earth
furrow: hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove

Other hyponyms of dig include groove, rut, root, rootle, rout, spade, shovel, trowel, burrow, tunnel.

dig (noun)	furrow (noun)
the act of digging	a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow)
the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow	a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
a small gouge (as in the cover of a book)
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
the site of an archeological exploration

dig (verb)	furrow (verb)
get the meaning of something	hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove
turn up, loosen, or remove earth	make wrinkled or creased
create by digging	cut a furrow into a columns
remove the inner part or the core of
poke or thrust abruptly
thrust down or into
remove, harvest, or recover by digging
work hard

Difference between dig and furrow

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