take to the woods vs scat

take to the woods is not a noun while scat is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
take to the woods	No	No	Yes	No
scat	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, take to the woods and scat are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of take to the woods include break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, turn tail.

take to the woods (noun)	scat (noun)
	singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument

take to the woods (verb)	scat (verb)
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run	flee; take to one's heels; cut and run