hunting vs stalk

stalk vs hunting

hunting and stalk both are nouns.

hunting is not a verb while stalk is a verb.

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

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

hunting: 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 hunting include canned hunt, stalking, still hunt, birdnesting, predation.

hunting (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
	a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
	material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

hunting (verb)	stalk (verb)
	walk stiffly
	follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
	go through (an area) in search of prey

Difference between hunting and stalk

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