animalise vs modify

animalise and modify both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
animalise	No	No	Yes	No
modify	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, modify is a hypernym of animalise; that is, modify is a word with a broader meaning than animalise:

Other hypernyms of animalise include alter, change.

animalise (verb)	modify (verb)
become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling	make less severe or harsh or extreme
make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman	add a modifier to a constituent
represent in the form of an animal	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation