delimit vs confine

delimit and confine both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
delimit	No	No	Yes	No
confine	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, confine is a hypernym of delimit; that is, confine is a word with a broader meaning than delimit:

Other hypernyms of delimit include bound, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel.

delimit (verb)	confine (verb)
set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something	place limits on (extent or amount or access)
determine the essential quality of	to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry	prevent from leaving or from being removed
	deprive of freedom; take into confinement
	close in