cross-pollinate vs fecundate

cross-pollinate and fecundate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cross-pollinate	No	No	Yes	No
fecundate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, fecundate is a hypernym of cross-pollinate; that is, fecundate is a word with a broader meaning than cross-pollinate:

Other hypernyms of cross-pollinate include fertilise, fertilize, inseminate.

cross-pollinate (verb)	fecundate (verb)
fertilize by transferring pollen	introduce semen into (a female)
	make fertile or productive