Stalking vs. Hunting — What's the Difference?

Stalking is unwanted and/or repeated surveillance by an individual or group toward another person. Stalking behaviors are interrelated to harassment and intimidation and may include following the victim in person or monitoring them.

Hunting is the practice of seeking, pursuing and capturing or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest useful animal products (meat, fur/hide, bone/tusks, horn/antler, etc), for recreation/taxidermy (see trophy hunting), to remove predators dangerous to humans or domestic animals (e.g.

To pursue or track (prey) stealthily

The activity or sport of pursuing game.

To follow or observe (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement.

The act of conducting a search for something

To go through (an area) in pursuit of prey or quarry.

(Electronics) The periodic variation in speed of a synchronous motor with respect to the current.

To walk with a stiff, haughty, or angry gait

The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.

To move threateningly or menacingly.

Looking for something, especially for a job or flat.

To track prey or quarry.

(engineering) Fluctuating around a central value without stabilizing.

The act of going stealthily.

(telephony) The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.

Hunting for game by moving silently and stealthily or by waiting in ambush.

Present participle of hunt

The crime of following or harassing another person, causing him or her to fear death or injury.

The pursuit of game or of wild animals.

The removal of stalks from bunches of grapes prior to winemaking.

The pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

A hunt for game carried on by stalking or waiting in ambush

The activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

The act of following prey stealthily

The work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

Moving silently and deliberately; especially pursuing stealthily and persistently;