Gather
Gather verb - To catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use.
Usage example: late summer is when we gather the tomatoes and begin canning them for the winter
Hunt
Hunt verb - To seek out (game) for food or sport.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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He then joins the colonists to help tighten up security as well as showing them how to hunt and gather better.
Source: Series / The Colony - In terms of in-game Genre Shift, Spore goes from the hunt/gather adventure-game-esque "Cell" and "Creature" stages, to real-time strategy for "Tribal" and "Civilization," to a Wide Open Sandbox for "Space."
Source: Genre Shift / Video Games -
They're strongly implied to be sentient, communicate with bioluminence and when people gather together to hunt them once a year, they in turn gather together to hunt people.
Source: Literature / Ambergris
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