educate vs prepare

educate and prepare both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
educate	No	No	Yes	No
prepare	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, educate and prepare are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of educate include develop, train.

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

Other hyponyms of educate include socialise, socialize, groom, train, co-educate, coeducate, school.

educate (verb)	prepare (verb)
create by training and teaching	make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
give an education to	undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment	create by training and teaching
	arrange by systematic planning and united effort
	prepare for eating by applying heat
	to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery
	lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord
	educate for a future role or function