pelt vs egg

pelt and egg both are nouns.

pelt and egg both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pelt	Yes	No	Yes	No
egg	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

pelt: cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
egg: throw eggs at

Other hyponyms of pelt include lapidate, snowball.

pelt (noun)	egg (noun)
body covering of a living animal	animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal	one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
	oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

pelt (verb)	egg (verb)
attack and bombard with or as if with missiles	coat with beaten egg
cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile	throw eggs at
rain heavily

Difference between pelt and egg

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