contemporise vs pass off

contemporise and pass off both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
contemporise	No	No	Yes	No
pass off	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, pass off is a hypernym of contemporise; that is, pass off is a word with a broader meaning than contemporise:

Other hypernyms of contemporise include come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, take place.

contemporise (verb)	pass off (verb)
arrange or represent events so that they co-occur	expel (gases or odors)
happen at the same time	come to pass
	disappear gradually
	disregard
	cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity
	be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity