hunt vs quest

hunt and quest both are nouns.

hunt and quest both are verbs.

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

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

hunt: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
quest: the act of searching for something

Other hyponyms of hunt include exploration, forage, foraging, frisk, frisking, looking, looking for, manhunt, seeking, ransacking, rummage, scouring, shakedown.

hunt (noun)	quest (noun)
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts	the act of searching for something
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport	a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
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)	quest (verb)
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)	seek alms, as for religious purposes
search (an area) for prey	express the need or desire for
seek, search for	bark with prolonged noises, of dogs
pursue or chase relentlessly	search the trail of (game)
chase away, with as with force	make a search (for)
yaw back and forth about a flight path
oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent

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