trail vs deer trail

trail and deer trail both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trail	Yes	No	Yes	No
deer trail	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, deer trail is a hyponym of trail; that is, deer trail is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than trail:

Other hyponyms of trail include cattle trail, horse-trail, Indian trail, mountain trail, ski run, ski trail.

trail (noun)	deer trail (noun)
a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country	a trail worn by the passage of deer
evidence pointing to a possible solution
a track or mark left by something that has passed

trail (verb)	deer trail (verb)
drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground
hang down so as to drag along the ground
go after with the intent to catch
move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
to lag or linger behind