educate vs refine

educate and refine both are verbs.

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

As verbs, refine is a hypernym of educate; that is, refine is a word with a broader meaning than educate:

Other hypernyms of educate include down, fine-tune, polish.

educate (verb)	refine (verb)
create by training and teaching	reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
give an education to	improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment	treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
	attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying
	make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
	make more complex, intricate, or richer