pasture vs forage

pasture and forage both are nouns.

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

As nouns, pasture and forage are synonyms defined as:

pasture and forage: bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle

Other synonyms of pasture include eatage, grass, pasturage.

pasture (noun)	forage (noun)
bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle	the act of searching for food and provisions
a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock	bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle

pasture (verb)	forage (verb)
feed as in a meadow or pasture	wander and feed
let feed in a field or pasture or meadow	collect or look around for (food)