distribute vs vulgarise

distribute and vulgarise both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
distribute	No	No	Yes	No
vulgarise	No	No	Yes	No

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

distribute: cause to become widely known
vulgarise: cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use

Other hyponyms of distribute include podcast, sow, generalise, generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarize, carry, run.

distribute (verb)	vulgarise (verb)
cause to become widely known	act in a vulgar manner
to arrange in a systematic order	debase and make vulgar
distribute or disperse widely	cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
cause to be distributed
administer or bestow, as in small portions
give to several people
release
be mathematically distributive
be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses
spread throughout a given area