bury vs repress

bury and repress both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bury	No	No	Yes	No
repress	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, repress is a hyponym of bury; that is, repress is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bury:

Other hyponyms of bury include unlearn, suppress, unsee.

bury (verb)	repress (verb)
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering	block the action of
place in the earth and cover with soil	put out of one's consciousness
embed deeply	suppress in order to conceal or hide
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing	put down by force or intimidation
cover from sight	impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of
place in a grave or tomb