seek out vs seek

seek out is not a noun while seek is a noun.

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

As verbs, seek is a hypernym of seek out; that is, seek is a word with a broader meaning than seek out:

Other hypernyms of seek out include look for, search.

seek out (noun)	seek (noun)
	the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk

seek out (verb)	seek (verb)
look for a specific person or thing	inquire for
	try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
	go to or towards
	try to get or reach
	make an effort or attempt