snowball vs pelt

snowball and pelt both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
snowball	Yes	No	Yes	No
pelt	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, pelt is a hypernym of snowball; that is, pelt is a word with a broader meaning than snowball:

Other hypernyms of snowball include bombard.

snowball (noun)	pelt (noun)
snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully)	body covering of a living animal
ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup	the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce
plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions

snowball (verb)	pelt (verb)
increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate	attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
throw snowballs at	cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
	rain heavily