confer vs bless

confer and bless both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
confer	No	No	Yes	No
bless	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of confer include miter, graduate.

confer (verb)	bless (verb)
have a conference in order to talk something over	give a benediction to
present	render holy by means of religious rites
	make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
	confer prosperity or happiness on