demote vs depute

demote and depute both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
demote	No	No	Yes	No
depute	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, depute is a hypernym of demote; that is, depute is a word with a broader meaning than demote:

demote: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
depute: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

Other hypernyms of demote include assign, delegate, designate.

demote (verb)	depute (verb)
assign to a lower position; reduce in rank	transfer power to someone
	appoint as a substitute
	give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)