divest vs clean out

divest and clean out both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
divest	No	No	Yes	No
clean out	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, clean out is a hyponym of divest; that is, clean out is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than divest:

Other hyponyms of divest include disarm, unarm, expropriate, clean, dispossess, unclothe, unsex, orphan, bereave.

divest (verb)	clean out (verb)
remove (someone's or one's own) clothes	empty completely
reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)	deprive completely of money or goods
take away possessions from someone	to eject from somewhere
deprive of status or authority