feed vs forage

feed and forage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
feed	Yes	No	Yes	No
forage	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of feed include raven, suckle, browse, crop, graze, pasture, range.

feed (noun)	forage (noun)
food for domestic livestock	the act of searching for food and provisions
	bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle

feed (verb)	forage (verb)
provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to	wander and feed
introduce continuously	collect or look around for (food)
take in food; used of animals only
give food to
serve as food for; be the food for
feed into; supply
provide as food
gratify
profit from in an exploitatory manner
move along, of liquids
support or promote