divest vs disarm

divest and disarm both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
divest	No	No	Yes	No
disarm	No	No	Yes	No

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

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

divest (verb)	disarm (verb)
remove (someone's or one's own) clothes	remove offensive capability from
reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)	take away the weapons from; render harmless
take away possessions from someone	make less hostile; win over
deprive of status or authority