picket vs march

march vs picket

picket and march both are nouns.

picket and march both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
picket	Yes	No	Yes	No
march	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, march is a hypernym of picket; that is, march is a word with a broader meaning than picket:

picket: serve as pickets or post pickets
march: march in protest; take part in a demonstration

Other hypernyms of picket include demonstrate.

picket (noun)	march (noun)
a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake	the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)
a wooden strip forming part of a fence	a steady advance
a vehicle performing sentinel duty	genre of music written for marching
a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack	a procession of people walking together
a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work	district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

picket (verb)	march (verb)
fasten with a picket	lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
serve as pickets or post pickets	walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride
	march in a procession
	walk ostentatiously
	force to march
	cause to march or go at a marching pace
	march in protest; take part in a demonstration

Difference between picket and march

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