declare vs pass judgment

declare and pass judgment both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
declare	No	No	Yes	No
pass judgment	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, pass judgment is a hypernym of declare; that is, pass judgment is a word with a broader meaning than declare:

Other hypernyms of declare include evaluate, judge.

declare (verb)	pass judgment (verb)
state emphatically and authoritatively	form a critical opinion of
state firmly
make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official
declare to be
announce publicly or officially
proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against
designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
authorize payments of