brandish vs display

brandish and display both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brandish	Yes	No	Yes	No
display	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, display is a hypernym of brandish; that is, display is a word with a broader meaning than brandish:

Other hypernyms of brandish include exhibit, expose.

brandish (noun)	display (noun)
the act of waving	something shown to the public
	a visual representation of something
	an electronic device that represents information in visual form
	exhibiting openly in public view
	something intended to communicate a particular impression
	behavior that makes your feelings public

brandish (verb)	display (verb)
move or swing back and forth	to show, make visible or apparent
exhibit aggressively	attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals