divest vs dispossess

divest and dispossess both are verbs.

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

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

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

divest (verb)	dispossess (verb)
remove (someone's or one's own) clothes	deprive of the possession of real estate
reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)
take away possessions from someone
deprive of status or authority