alienate vs wean

alienate and wean both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alienate	No	No	Yes	No
wean	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, wean is a hyponym of alienate; that is, wean is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than alienate:

alienate: arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
wean: detach the affections of

Other hyponyms of alienate include drift apart, drift away.

alienate (verb)	wean (verb)
arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness	gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk
make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated	detach the affections of
transfer property or ownership