boss around vs domineer

boss around and domineer both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
boss around	No	No	Yes	No
domineer	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, domineer is a hyponym of boss around; that is, domineer is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than boss around:

boss around: be bossy towards
domineer: rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner

Other hyponyms of boss around include tyrannise, tyrannize.

boss around (verb)	domineer (verb)
be bossy towards	rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner