deviate vs yaw

deviate and yaw both are nouns.

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

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

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

deviate (noun)	yaw (noun)
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior	an erratic deflection from an intended course

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

deviate (verb)	yaw (verb)
turn aside; turn away from	deviate erratically from a set course
cause to turn away from a previous or expected course	swerve off course momentarily
be at variance with; be out of line with	be wide open