hunt vs hawk

hunt and hawk both are nouns.

hunt and hawk both are verbs.

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

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

hunt: pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
hawk: hunt with hawks

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

hunt (noun)	hawk (noun)
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts	diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport	a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone	an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
an instance of searching for something
an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport

hunt (verb)	hawk (verb)
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)	clear mucus or food from one's throat
search (an area) for prey	hunt with hawks
seek, search for	sell or offer for sale from place to place
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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