tree vs trail

tree and trail both are nouns.

tree and trail both are verbs.

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

As verbs, trail is a hypernym of tree; that is, trail is a word with a broader meaning than tree:

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

Other hypernyms of tree include chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track.

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

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

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