hunting vs forage

forage vs hunting

hunting and forage both are nouns.

hunting is not a verb while forage is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hunting	Yes	No	No	No
forage	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

hunting: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
forage: the act of searching for food and provisions

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

hunting (noun)	forage (noun)
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts	the act of searching for food and provisions
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport	bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

hunting (verb)	forage (verb)
	wander and feed
	collect or look around for (food)

Difference between hunting and forage

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