darken vs bedim

darken and bedim both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
darken	No	No	Yes	No
bedim	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of darken include embrown, murk, dun, blind, dim, dim, benight, shade, shade off, shadow, cloud, overcast.

darken (verb)	bedim (verb)
become dark or darker	make darker and difficult to perceive by sight
make dark or darker	make unintelligible or unclear
tarnish or stain