botanise vs dissect

botanise and dissect both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
botanise	No	No	Yes	No
dissect	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, dissect is a hypernym of botanise; that is, dissect is a word with a broader meaning than botanise:

botanise: collect and study plants
dissect: make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features

Other hypernyms of botanise include analyse, analyze, break down, take apart.

botanise (verb)	dissect (verb)
collect and study plants	make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
	cut open or cut apart