trail vs tree

trail and tree both are nouns.

trail and tree both are verbs.

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

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

trail: go after with the intent to catch
tree: chase an animal up a tree

Other hyponyms of trail include quest, hound, hunt, trace, run down.

trail (noun)	tree (noun)
a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country	a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
evidence pointing to a possible solution	a figure that branches from a single root
a track or mark left by something that has passed

trail (verb)	tree (verb)
drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground	stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
hang down so as to drag along the ground	chase an animal up a tree
go after with the intent to catch	plant with trees
move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly	force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
to lag or linger behind

Difference between trail and tree

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