civilize vs down

down vs civilize

civilize is not a noun while down is a noun.

civilize is not an adjective while down is an adjective.

civilize and down both are verbs.

civilize is not an adverb while down is an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
civilize	No	No	Yes	No
down	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

As verbs, down is a hypernym of civilize; that is, down is a word with a broader meaning than civilize:

civilize: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
down: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

Other hypernyms of civilize include fine-tune, polish, refine.

civilize (noun)	down (noun)
	(American football) a complete play to advance the football
	soft fine feathers
	fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
	(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

civilize (adjective)	down (adjective)
	being or moving lower in position or less in some value
	filled with melancholy and despondency
	extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
	becoming progressively lower
	not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
	lower than previously
	shut
	being put out in a game of baseball
	understood perfectly

civilize (verb)	down (verb)
raise from a barbaric to a civilized state	improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment	bring down or defeat (an opponent)
	drink down entirely
	eat up completely, as with great appetite
	cause to come or go down
	shoot at and force to come down

civilize (adverb)	down (adverb)
	spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
	away from a more central or a more northerly place
	paid in cash at time of purchase
	in an inactive or inoperative state
	to a lower intensity
	from an earlier time

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