desensitise vs besot

desensitise and besot both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
desensitise	No	No	Yes	No
besot	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of desensitise include benumb, blunt, dull, numb, bedaze, daze, stun, stupefy, deaf, deafen.

desensitise (verb)	besot (verb)
make insensitive	make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
cause not to be sensitive