disable vs confine

disable and confine both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
disable	No	No	Yes	No
confine	No	No	Yes	No

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

disable: make unable to perform a certain action
confine: to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement

Other hyponyms of disable include lay up, nobble, pinion, constrain, hold, restrain.

disable (verb)	confine (verb)
injure permanently	place limits on (extent or amount or access)
make unable to perform a certain action	to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
	prevent from leaving or from being removed
	deprive of freedom; take into confinement
	close in