escargot vs snail

escargot and snail both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
escargot	Yes	No	No	No
snail	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, escargot and snail are synonyms defined as:

escargot and snail: edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic

escargot (noun)	snail (noun)
edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic	freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
	edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic

escargot (verb)	snail (verb)
	gather snails