hunt vs poach

hunt is a noun but poach is not a noun.

hunt and poach both are verbs.

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

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

hunt: pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
poach: hunt illegally

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

hunt (noun)	poach (noun)
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
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)	poach (verb)
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)	cook in a simmering liquid
search (an area) for prey	hunt illegally
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

Difference between hunt and poach

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