pollard vs snip

pollard and snip both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pollard	Yes	No	Yes	No
snip	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, snip is a hypernym of pollard; that is, snip is a word with a broader meaning than pollard:

Other hypernyms of pollard include clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, trim.

pollard (noun)	snip (noun)
a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed	the act of clipping or snipping
a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage	a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)

pollard (verb)	snip (verb)
convert into a pollard	cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
	sever or remove by pinching or snipping