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scrounge vs hunt down

hunt down vs scrounge

scrounge and hunt down both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
scrounge No No Yes No
hunt down No No Yes No
As verbs, hunt down is a hypernym of scrounge; that is, hunt down is a word with a broader meaning than scrounge:
  • scrounge: collect or look around for (food)
  • hunt down: pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
Other hypernyms of scrounge include hunt, run, track down.
scrounge (verb) hunt down (verb)
collect or look around for (food) pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
Difference between scrounge and hunt down

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