hunt vs trail

hunt and trail both are nouns.

hunt and trail both are verbs.

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

As verbs, trail is a hypernym of hunt; that is, trail is a word with a broader meaning than hunt:

hunt: pursue or chase relentlessly
trail: go after with the intent to catch

Other hypernyms of hunt include chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track.

hunt (noun)	trail (noun)
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts	a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport	evidence pointing to a possible solution
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone	a track or mark left by something that has passed
an instance of searching for something
an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport

hunt (verb)	trail (verb)
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)	drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground
search (an area) for prey	hang down so as to drag along the ground
seek, search for	go after with the intent to catch
pursue or chase relentlessly	move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
chase away, with as with force	to lag or linger behind
yaw back and forth about a flight path
oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent

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