egg vs pelt

egg and pelt both are nouns.

egg and pelt both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
egg	Yes	No	Yes	No
pelt	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, pelt is a hypernym of egg; that is, pelt is a word with a broader meaning than egg:

egg: throw eggs at
pelt: cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile

Other hypernyms of egg include bombard.

egg (noun)	pelt (noun)
animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds	body covering of a living animal
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens	the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

egg (verb)	pelt (verb)
coat with beaten egg	attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
throw eggs at	cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
	rain heavily

Difference between egg and pelt

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