distil vs ameliorate

distil and ameliorate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
distil	No	No	Yes	No
ameliorate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, ameliorate is a hypernym of distil; that is, ameliorate is a word with a broader meaning than distil:

distil: remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
ameliorate: to make better

Other hypernyms of distil include amend, better, improve, meliorate.

distil (verb)	ameliorate (verb)
give off (a liquid)	get better
undergo the process of distillation	to make better
extract by the process of distillation
undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation