hunt vs battue

hunt and battue both are nouns.

hunt is a verb but battue is not a verb.

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

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

hunt: the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
battue: a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter

Other hyponyms of hunt include beagling, coursing, deer hunt, deer hunting, duck hunting, ducking, fox hunting, foxhunt, pigsticking.

hunt (noun)	battue (noun)
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts	a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport	indiscriminate slaughter
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)	battue (verb)
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
search (an area) for prey
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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