asperse vs assassinate

asperse and assassinate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
asperse	No	No	Yes	No
assassinate	No	No	Yes	No

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

asperse: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
assassinate: destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation

Other hyponyms of asperse include libel, badmouth, drag through the mud, malign, traduce.

asperse (verb)	assassinate (verb)
charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone	destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation
	murder; especially of socially prominent persons