deviate vs sidetrack

deviate and sidetrack both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deviate	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
sidetrack	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of deviate include yaw, detour, depart, digress, straggle.

deviate (noun)	sidetrack (noun)
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior	a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass

deviate (adjective)	sidetrack (adjective)
markedly different from an accepted norm

deviate (verb)	sidetrack (verb)
turn aside; turn away from	wander from a direct or straight course
cause to turn away from a previous or expected course
be at variance with; be out of line with