hunt vs stalk

hunt and stalk both are nouns.

hunt and stalk both are verbs.

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

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

hunt: the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
stalk: a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush

Other hyponyms of hunt include canned hunt, stalking, still hunt, birdnesting, predation.

hunt (noun)	stalk (noun)
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts	a stiff or threatening gait
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport	the act of following prey stealthily
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone	a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
an instance of searching for something	a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport	material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

hunt (verb)	stalk (verb)
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)	walk stiffly
search (an area) for prey	follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
seek, search for	go through (an area) in search of prey
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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