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hunt down vs poach

poach vs hunt down

hunt down and poach both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hunt down No No Yes No
poach No No Yes No
As verbs, poach is a hyponym of hunt down; that is, poach is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hunt down:
  • hunt down: pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
  • poach: hunt illegally
Other hyponyms of hunt down include snipe, whale, ambush, still-hunt, turtle, drive, drive, rabbit, fowl, seal, ferret, course, foxhunt, jack, jacklight, hawk, falcon, fowl, forage, scrounge.
hunt down (verb) poach (verb)
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) cook in a simmering liquid
hunt illegally
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