Seek vs. Hide — What's the Difference?

To try to locate or discover; search for

To put or keep out of sight or away from notice

To endeavor to obtain or reach

To prevent the disclosure or recognition of; conceal

To go to or toward

To cut off from sight; cover up

To inquire for; request

To avert (one's gaze), especially in shame or grief.

To try; endeavor

To keep oneself out of sight or notice.

To make a search or investigation

To seek refuge or respite

(ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.

To beat severely; flog.

(transitive) To ask for; to solicit; to beseech.

The skin of an animal, especially the thick tough skin or pelt of a large animal.

(transitive) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.

An old English measure of land, usually the amount held adequate for one free family and its dependents.

To go, move, travel (in a given direction).

(transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.

(transitive) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.

(intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.

To attempt, endeavour, try

To beat with a whip made from hide.

To navigate through a stream.

(countable) The skin of an animal.

(computing) The operation of navigating through a stream.

The human skin.

Sick.

One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.

To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find.

(countable) mainly British A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.

To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.

A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.

To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.

(countable) A covered structure to which a pet animal can retreat, as is recommended for snakes.

To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.

(historical) A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents.

To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery.

To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.

The movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk

To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.

Try to get or reach;

To remove from danger; to shelter.

Try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of;

To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.

Make an effort or attempt;

To flog; to whip.

Go to or towards;

An abode or dwelling.

Inquire for;

The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; - generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.

The human skin; - so called in contempt.

The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

Body covering of a living animal

Prevent from being seen or discovered;

Be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety;

Cover as if with a shroud;

Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing;