forage vs predate

forage is a noun but predate is not a noun.

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

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

Other hyponyms of forage include prey, raven.

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

forage (verb)	predate (verb)
wander and feed	establish something as being earlier relative to something else
collect or look around for (food)	be earlier in time; go back further
	come before
	prey on or hunt for