snipe vs barrage

snipe and barrage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
snipe	Yes	No	Yes	No
barrage	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of snipe include abuse, blackguard, clapperclaw, shout, claw, vitriol, rip, whang, bombard, blister, scald, scorch, whip, rubbish.

snipe (noun)	barrage (noun)
a gunshot from a concealed location	the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks	the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)

snipe (verb)	barrage (verb)
attack in speech or writing	address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
aim and shoot with great precision
hunt or shoot snipe