flee vs decamp

flee and decamp both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flee	No	No	Yes	No
decamp	No	No	Yes	No

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

flee: run away quickly
decamp: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

Other hyponyms of flee include break, stampede, abscond, absquatulate, bolt, go off, make off, run off, elope, run off, break loose, escape, get away, high-tail, hightail, defect, desert.

flee (verb)	decamp (verb)
run away quickly	leave suddenly
	run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
	leave a camp

Difference between flee and decamp

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