listen vs pay heed

listen and pay heed both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
listen	No	No	Yes	No
pay heed	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, pay heed is a hyponym of listen; that is, pay heed is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than listen:

Other hyponyms of listen include hear out, listen in, advert, attend, give ear, hang, hark, harken, hearken, eavesdrop, listen in.

listen (verb)	pay heed (verb)
hear with intention	give heed (to)
listen and pay attention
pay close attention to; give heed to