hunt vs ambush

hunt and ambush both are nouns.

hunt and ambush both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hunt	Yes	No	Yes	No
ambush	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

hunt: pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
ambush: hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing

Other hyponyms of hunt include snipe, whale, still-hunt, turtle, drive, drive, rabbit, fowl, poach, seal, ferret, course, foxhunt, jack, jacklight, hawk, falcon, fowl, forage, scrounge.

hunt (noun)	ambush (noun)
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts	the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
an instance of searching for something
an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport

hunt (verb)	ambush (verb)
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)	wait in hiding to attack
search (an area) for prey	hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing
seek, search for
pursue or chase relentlessly
chase away, with as with force
yaw back and forth about a flight path
oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent

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