stalk vs chase

stalk and chase both are nouns.

stalk and chase both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stalk	Yes	No	Yes	No
chase	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, chase is a hypernym of stalk; that is, chase is a word with a broader meaning than stalk:

stalk: the act of following prey stealthily
chase: the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture

Other hypernyms of stalk include following, pursual, pursuit.

stalk (noun)	chase (noun)
a stiff or threatening gait	the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
the act of following prey stealthily	a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time
a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

stalk (verb)	chase (verb)
walk stiffly	cut a groove into
follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to	cut a furrow into a columns
go through (an area) in search of prey	go after with the intent to catch
	pursue someone sexually or romantically

Difference between stalk and chase

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