dig vs tunnel

dig and tunnel both are nouns.

dig and tunnel both are verbs.

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

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

dig: turn up, loosen, or remove earth
tunnel: move through by or as by digging

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

dig (noun)	tunnel (noun)
the act of digging	a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)
the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow	a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter
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)	tunnel (verb)
get the meaning of something	force a way through
turn up, loosen, or remove earth	move through by or as by digging
create by digging
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 tunnel

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