seek vs bid

seek and bid both are nouns.

seek and bid both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
seek	Yes	No	Yes	No
bid	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

seek: try to get or reach
bid: make a serious effort to attain something

Other hyponyms of seek include quest.

seek (noun)	bid (noun)
the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk	an attempt to get something
	a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
	(bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
	an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

seek (verb)	bid (verb)
inquire for	ask someone in a friendly way to do something
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of	invoke upon
go to or towards	ask for or request earnestly
try to get or reach	propose a payment
make an effort or attempt	make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
	make a serious effort to attain something

Difference between seek and bid

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