assassinate vs calumniate

assassinate and calumniate both are verbs.

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

As verbs, calumniate is a hypernym of assassinate; that is, calumniate is a word with a broader meaning than assassinate:

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

Other hypernyms of assassinate include asperse, besmirch, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully.

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