foot vs paw

foot and paw both are nouns.

foot and paw both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
foot	Yes	No	Yes	No
paw	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, paw is a hyponym of foot; that is, paw is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than foot:

foot: the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
paw: a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped

Other hyponyms of foot include fossorial foot, hoof, bird's foot, webfoot, trotter, forefoot, hindfoot.

foot (noun)	paw (noun)
travel by walking	a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates	the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
lowest support of a structure
a support resembling a pedal extremity
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
the lower part of anything
a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard

foot (verb)	paw (verb)
add a column of numbers	touch clumsily
walk	scrape with the paws
pay for something

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