devolve vs depute

devolve and depute both are verbs.

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

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

devolve: pass on or delegate to another
depute: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

Other hypernyms of devolve include assign, delegate, designate.

devolve (verb)	depute (verb)
grow progressively worse	transfer power to someone
be inherited by	appoint as a substitute
pass on or delegate to another	give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)