divaricate vs unfold

divaricate and unfold both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
divaricate	No	No	Yes	No
unfold	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, unfold is a hypernym of divaricate; that is, unfold is a word with a broader meaning than divaricate:

Other hypernyms of divaricate include open, spread, spread out.

divaricate (verb)	unfold (verb)
spread apart	develop or come to a promising stage
branch off	spread out or open from a closed or folded state
	extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
	open to the view