darken vs benight

darken and benight both are verbs.

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

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

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

darken (verb)	benight (verb)
become dark or darker	make darker and difficult to perceive by sight
make dark or darker	envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness
tarnish or stain	overtake with darkness or night