convalesce vs percolate

convalesce is not a noun while percolate is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
convalesce	No	No	Yes	No
percolate	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of convalesce include gain vigor, perk, perk up, pick up, snap back.

convalesce (noun)	percolate (noun)
	the product of percolation

convalesce (verb)	percolate (verb)
get over an illness or shock	gain or regain energy
	pass through
	cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent
	prepare in a percolator
	permeate or penetrate gradually
	spread gradually