lurk vs prowl

lurk is not a noun while prowl is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lurk	No	No	Yes	No
prowl	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of lurk include lurch.

lurk (noun)	prowl (noun)
	the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner)

lurk (verb)	prowl (verb)
wait in hiding to attack	move about in or as if in a predatory manner
to monitor a web forum or similar without making your presence pubilc	loiter about, with no apparent aim
be about a place without any apparent purpose
lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner