canton vs divide

canton and divide both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
canton	Yes	No	Yes	No
divide	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, divide is a hypernym of canton; that is, divide is a word with a broader meaning than canton:

Other hypernyms of canton include carve up, dissever, separate, split, split up.

canton (noun)	divide (noun)
a small administrative division of a country	a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
	a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)

canton (verb)	divide (verb)
divide into cantons, of a country	perform a division
provide housing for (military personnel)	move or break apart
	force, take, or pull apart
	make a division or separation
	separate into parts or portions
	act as a barrier between; stand between