search vs hunt

search and hunt both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
search	Yes	No	Yes	No
hunt	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, search and hunt are synonyms defined as:

search and hunt: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

Other synonyms of search include hunting.

As nouns, hunt is a hyponym of search; that is, hunt is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than search:

Other hyponyms of search include pursuance, pursuit, quest.

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

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

Other hyponyms of search include cruise, prospect, horn in, intrude, nose, poke, pry.

search (noun)	hunt (noun)
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone	the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas	the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
an investigation seeking answers	the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
the examination of alternative hypotheses	an instance of searching for something
an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property	an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport

search (verb)	hunt (verb)
inquire into	pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of	search (an area) for prey
subject to a search	seek, search for
search or seek	pursue or chase relentlessly
	chase away, with as with force
	yaw back and forth about a flight path
	oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent