Chase vs. Hunt
Difference Between Chase and Hunt
Chasenoun
The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
Huntverb
(ambitransitive) To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
State Wildlife Management areas often offer licensed hunters the opportunity to hunt on public lands.Her uncle will go out and hunt for deer, now that it is open season.Chasenoun
A hunt.
Huntverb
(ambitransitive) To try to find something; search (for).
The little girl was hunting for shells on the beach.The police are hunting for evidence.Chasenoun
(uncountable) A children's game where one player chases another.
Huntverb
(transitive) To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
to hunt down a criminalHe was hunted from the parish.Chasenoun
(British) A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.
Huntverb
(transitive) To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
Did you hunt that pony last week?Chasenoun
Anything being chased, especially a vessel in time of war.
Huntverb
(transitive) To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
He hunts the woods, or the country.Chasenoun
(nautical) Any of the guns that fire directly ahead or astern; either a bow chase or stern chase.
Huntverb
To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
Chasenoun
(real tennis) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.
Huntverb
To shift up and down in order regularly.
Chasenoun
(real tennis) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive the ball in order to gain a point.
Huntverb
To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.
Chasenoun
(cycling) One or more riders who are ahead of the peloton and trying to join the race or stage leaders.
Huntnoun
The act of hunting.
Chasenoun
(printing) A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate-making.
Huntnoun
A hunting expedition.
Chasenoun
A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.
Huntnoun
An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
Chasenoun
(architecture) A trench or channel or other encasement structure for encasing (archaically spelled enchasing) drainpipes or wiring; a hollow space in the wall of a building encasing ventilation ducts, chimney flues, wires, cables or plumbing.
Huntnoun
A pack of hunting dogs.
Chasenoun
The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.
Huntnoun
Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
Chasenoun
The cavity of a mold.
Huntnoun
United States architect (1827-1895)
Chasenoun
(shipbuilding) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats.
Huntnoun
British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
Chaseverb
(transitive) To pursue.
Huntnoun
an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
Chaseverb
(transitive) To follow at speed.
Huntnoun
an instance of searching for something;
the hunt for submarinesChaseverb
(transitive) To hunt.
Huntnoun
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
Chaseverb
(intransitive) To seek to attain.
the team are chasing their first home win this season.Huntnoun
the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
Chaseverb
(intransitive) To seek the company of (a member of the opposite sex) in an obvious way.
He spends all his free time chasing girls.Huntnoun
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
Chaseverb
To pursue a vessel in order to destroy, capture or interrogate her.
Huntverb
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals);
Goering often hunted wild boars in PolandThe dogs are running deerThe Duke hunted in these woodsChaseverb
(transitive) To dilute alcohol.
Chase vodka with orange juice to make a screwdriver.Huntverb
pursue or chase relentlessly;
The hunters traced the deer into the woodsthe detectives hounded the suspect until they found the himChaseverb
To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings.
Australia will be chasing 217 for victory on the final day.Huntverb
chase away, with as with force;
They hunted the the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhoodChaseverb
To swing at a pitch outside of the strike zone, typically an outside pitch
Jones chases one out of the zone for strike two.Huntverb
yaw back and forth about a flight path;
the plane's nose yawedChaseverb
To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed
The rally chased the starter.Huntverb
oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent;
The oscillator hunts about the correct frequencyChaseverb
(transitive) To groove; indent.
Huntverb
seek, search for;
She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate themChaseverb
(transitive) To place piping or wiring in a groove encased within a wall or floor, or in a hidden space encased by a wall.
chase the pipeHuntverb
search (an area) for prey;
The King used to hunt these forestsChaseverb
(transitive) To cut (the thread of a screw).
Chaseverb
(transitive) To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.
Chasenoun
the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture;
the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuitChaseverb
go after with the intent to catch;
The policeman chased the mugger down the alleythe dog chased the rabbitChaseverb
pursue someone sexually or romantically
Chaseverb
cut a groove into;
chase silverChaseverb
cut a furrow into a columns
