bowdlerize vs foreshorten

bowdlerize and foreshorten both are verbs.

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

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

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

bowdlerize (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