distill vs amend

distill and amend both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
distill	No	No	Yes	No
amend	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, amend is a hypernym of distill; that is, amend is a word with a broader meaning than distill:

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

Other hypernyms of distill include ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate.

distill (verb)	amend (verb)
give off (a liquid)	to make better
undergo the process of distillation	set straight or right
extract by the process of distillation	make amendments to
remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops