demarcate vs confine

demarcate and confine both are verbs.

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

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

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

demarcate (verb)	confine (verb)
set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something	place limits on (extent or amount or access)
separate clearly, as if by boundaries	to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
	prevent from leaving or from being removed
	deprive of freedom; take into confinement
	close in