sell vs hawk

sell and hawk both are nouns.

sell and hawk both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sell	Yes	No	Yes	No
hawk	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

sell: do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
hawk: sell or offer for sale from place to place

Other hyponyms of sell include push, deal, black marketeer, pyramid, market, huckster, monger, peddle, pitch, vend.

sell (noun)	hawk (noun)
the activity of persuading someone to buy	diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
	a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
	an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations

sell (verb)	hawk (verb)
persuade somebody to accept something	clear mucus or food from one's throat
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent	hunt with hawks
do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood	sell or offer for sale from place to place
give up for a price or reward
deliver to an enemy by treachery
be sold at a certain price or in a certain way
be responsible for the sale of
be approved of or gain acceptance

Difference between sell and hawk

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