Hunt vs. Quarry — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hunt and Quarry
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Hunt
Pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food
They hunted and fished
In the autumn they hunted deer
Quarry
A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some jurisdictions to reduce their environmental impact.The word quarry can also include the underground quarrying for stone, such as Bath stone.
Hunt
Search determinedly for someone or something
He desperately hunted for a new job
Quarry
A hunted animal; prey.
Hunt
(of a device or system) oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state
On weak stereo signals this circuit can hunt over mono and stereo in a very disconcerting manner
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Quarry
Hunted animals considered as a group; game.
Hunt
(in change-ringing) move the place of a bell in a simple progression.
Quarry
An object of pursuit
The police lost their quarry in the crowd.
Hunt
An act of hunting wild animals or game
A bear-hunt
Quarry
An open excavation or pit from which stone is obtained by digging, cutting, or blasting.
Hunt
A search
Police launched a hunt for the killer
Quarry
A rich or productive source
Found the book an indispensable quarry of information.
Hunt
An oscillating motion about a desired speed, position, or state.
Quarry
A square or diamond shape.
Hunt
To pursue (game) for food or sport.
Quarry
A pane of glass having this shape.
Hunt
To search through (an area) for prey
Hunted the ridges.
Quarry
To obtain (stone) from a quarry, as by cutting, digging, or blasting.
Hunt
To make use of (hounds, for example) in pursuing game.
Quarry
To extract (facts, for example) by long, careful searching
Finally quarried out the genealogy from hundreds of sources.
Hunt
To pursue intensively so as to capture or kill
Hunted down the escaped convict.
Quarry
To use (land) as a quarry.
Hunt
To seek out; search for.
Quarry
(mining) A site for mining stone, limestone, or slate.
Hunt
To drive out forcibly, especially by harassing; chase away
Hunted the newcomers out of town.
Quarry
A part of the entrails of a hunted animal, given to the hounds as a reward.
Hunt
To pursue game.
Quarry
(uncountable) An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted.
Hunt
To make a search; seek.
Quarry
(countable) An object of search or pursuit.
Hunt
To yaw back and forth about a flight path, as if seeking a new direction or another angle of attack. Used of an aircraft, rocket, or space vehicle.
Quarry
A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.
Hunt
To rotate up and down or back and forth without being deflected by the pilot. Used of a control surface or a rocket motor in gimbals.
Quarry
(transitive) To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.
Hunt
To oscillate about a selected value. Used of a machine, instrument, or system.
Quarry
To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.
They quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri.
Hunt
To swing back and forth; oscillate. Used of an indicator on a display or instrument panel.
Quarry
To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.
Hunt
The act or sport of hunting
An enthusiast for the hunt.
Quarry
Same as 1st Quarrel.
Hunt
A hunting expedition or outing, usually with horses and hounds.
Quarry
A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.
Hunt
Those taking part in such an expedition or outing.
Quarry
The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks.
The wily quarry shunned the shock.
Hunt
The hunting season for a particular animal
Last year's deer hunt.
Quarry
A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other purposes; a stone pit. See 5th Mine (a).
Hunt
A diligent search or pursuit
On a hunt for cheap gas.
Quarry
Quadrate; square.
Hunt
(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.
Quarry
To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.
Hunt
(ambitransitive) To try to find something; search (for).
The little girl was hunting for shells on the beach.
The police are hunting for evidence.
Quarry
To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.
Hunt
(transitive) To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
To hunt down a criminal
He was hunted from the parish.
Quarry
A person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence;
He fell prey to muggers
Everyone was fair game
The target of a manhunt
Hunt
(transitive) To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
Did you hunt that pony last week?
Quarry
A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate;
A British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'
Hunt
(transitive) To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
He hunts the woods, or the country.
Quarry
Animal hunted or caught for food
Hunt
To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
Quarry
Extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry;
Quarry marble
Hunt
To shift up and down in order regularly.
Hunt
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.
Hunt
The act of hunting.
Hunt
A hunting expedition.
Hunt
An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
Hunt
A pack of hunting dogs.
Hunt
To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer.
Like a dog, he hunts in dreams.
Hunt
To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; - often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence.
Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Hunt
To drive; to chase; - with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.
Hunt
To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.
He hunts a pack of dogs.
Hunt
To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.
Hunt
To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
Hunt
To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.
Esau went to the field to hunt for venison.
Hunt
To seek; to pursue; to search; - with for or after.
He after honor hunts, I after love.
Hunt
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, or the like; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.
Hunt
To shift up and down in order regularly.
Hunt
The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.
The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray.
Hunt
The game secured in the hunt.
Hunt
A pack of hounds.
Hunt
An association of huntsmen.
Hunt
A district of country hunted over.
Every landowner within the hunt.
Hunt
Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
Hunt
United States architect (1827-1895)
Hunt
British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
Hunt
An association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
Hunt
An instance of searching for something;
The hunt for submarines
Hunt
The activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
Hunt
The work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
Hunt
The pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
Hunt
Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals);
Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland
The dogs are running deer
The Duke hunted in these woods
Hunt
Pursue or chase relentlessly;
The hunters traced the deer into the woods
The detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him
Hunt
Chase away, with as with force;
They hunted the the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood
Hunt
Yaw back and forth about a flight path;
The plane's nose yawed
Hunt
Oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent;
The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency
Hunt
Seek, search for;
She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them
Hunt
Search (an area) for prey;
The King used to hunt these forests
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