disarm vs convince

disarm and convince both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
disarm	No	No	Yes	No
convince	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, convince is a hypernym of disarm; that is, convince is a word with a broader meaning than disarm:

disarm: make less hostile; win over
convince: make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something

Other hypernyms of disarm include convert, win over.

disarm (verb)	convince (verb)
remove offensive capability from	make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
take away the weapons from; render harmless
make less hostile; win over