contravene vs violate

contravene and violate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
contravene	No	No	Yes	No
violate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, violate is a hypernym of contravene; that is, violate is a word with a broader meaning than contravene:

Other hypernyms of contravene include breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress.

contravene (verb)	violate (verb)
deny the truth of	destroy
go against, as of rules and laws	destroy and strip of its possession
	act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
	force (someone) to have sex against their will
	violate the sacred character of a place or language
	fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns