diagnose vs examine

diagnose and examine both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
diagnose	No	No	Yes	No
examine	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, examine is a hypernym of diagnose; that is, examine is a word with a broader meaning than diagnose:

diagnose: determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
examine: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

Other hypernyms of diagnose include analyse, analyze, canvass, study.

As verbs, examine is a hypernym of diagnose; that is, examine is a word with a broader meaning than diagnose:

diagnose: subject to a medical analysis
examine: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

Other hypernyms of diagnose include analyse, analyze, canvass, study.

diagnose (verb)	examine (verb)
determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis	consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
subject to a medical analysis	question closely
	question or examine thoroughly and closely
	observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
	put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to