snipe vs hunt

snipe and hunt both are nouns.

snipe and hunt both are verbs.

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

As verbs, hunt is a hypernym of snipe; that is, hunt is a word with a broader meaning than snipe:

snipe: hunt or shoot snipe
hunt: pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

Other hypernyms of snipe include hunt down, run, track down.

snipe (noun)	hunt (noun)
a gunshot from a concealed location	the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks	the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
	the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
	an instance of searching for something
	an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport

snipe (verb)	hunt (verb)
attack in speech or writing	pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
aim and shoot with great precision	search (an area) for prey
hunt or shoot snipe	seek, search for
	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

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