hide out vs hunker down

hide out and hunker down both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hide out	No	No	Yes	No
hunker down	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, hunker down is a hyponym of hide out; that is, hunker down is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hide out:

hide out: be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety
hunker down: take shelter

Other hyponyms of hide out include lie low, stow away, hole up, lie low, earth.

hide out (verb)	hunker down (verb)
be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety	hold stubbornly to a position
	sit on one's heels
	take shelter