bemire vs contaminate

bemire and contaminate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bemire	No	No	Yes	No
contaminate	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of bemire include foul, foul, pollute, smear, slime, muddy, muddy up, splash, mire, muck, muck up, mud, crock, blemish, spot.

bemire (verb)	contaminate (verb)
make soiled, filthy, or dirty	make impure
	make radioactive by adding radioactive material