change hands vs devolve

change hands and devolve both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
change hands	No	No	Yes	No
devolve	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, devolve is a hyponym of change hands; that is, devolve is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than change hands:

Other hyponyms of change hands include vest, fall, pass, return, accrue, fall.

change hands (verb)	devolve (verb)
be transferred to another owner	grow progressively worse
	be inherited by
	pass on or delegate to another