frisk vs search

frisk and search both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
frisk	Yes	No	Yes	No
search	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, search is a hypernym of frisk; that is, search is a word with a broader meaning than frisk:

frisk: the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
search: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

Other hypernyms of frisk include hunt, hunting.

As verbs, search is a hypernym of frisk; that is, search is a word with a broader meaning than frisk:

frisk: search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
search: subject to a search

frisk (noun)	search (noun)
the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs	the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
	boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas
	an investigation seeking answers
	the examination of alternative hypotheses
	an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property

frisk (verb)	search (verb)
search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets	inquire into
play boisterously	try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
	subject to a search
	search or seek