hunt vs whale

hunt and whale both are nouns.

hunt and whale both are verbs.

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

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

hunt: pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
whale: hunt for whales

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

hunt (noun)	whale (noun)
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts	any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport	a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
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)	whale (verb)
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)	hunt for whales
search (an area) for prey
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

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