bestow vs instill

bestow and instill both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bestow	No	No	Yes	No
instill	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of bestow include factor, transfuse, tinsel, throw in.

bestow (verb)	instill (verb)
present	fill, as with a certain quality
bestow a quality on	produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
give as a gift	teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
	enter drop by drop
	impart gradually