bowdlerise vs foreshorten

bowdlerise and foreshorten both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bowdlerise	No	No	Yes	No
foreshorten	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, foreshorten is a hypernym of bowdlerise; that is, foreshorten is a word with a broader meaning than bowdlerise:

Other hypernyms of bowdlerise include abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, reduce, shorten.

bowdlerise (verb)	foreshorten (verb)
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate	reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
	shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth