bastardise vs misdirect

bastardise and misdirect both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bastardise	No	No	Yes	No
misdirect	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, misdirect is a hypernym of bastardise; that is, misdirect is a word with a broader meaning than bastardise:

bastardise: change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms
misdirect: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

Other hypernyms of bastardise include corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate.

bastardise (verb)	misdirect (verb)
declare a child to be illegitimate	put a wrong address on
change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms	lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
	corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality