ask vs intercommunicate

ask and intercommunicate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ask	No	No	Yes	No
intercommunicate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, intercommunicate is a hypernym of ask; that is, intercommunicate is a word with a broader meaning than ask:

Other hypernyms of ask include communicate.

ask (verb)	intercommunicate (verb)
make a request or demand for something to somebody	transmit thoughts or feelings
direct or put; seek an answer to	be interconnected, afford passage
address a question to and expect an answer from
consider obligatory; request and expect
require or ask for as a price or condition
make a date
require as useful, just, or proper