elude vs mystify

elude and mystify both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
elude	No	No	Yes	No
mystify	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, mystify is a hypernym of elude; that is, mystify is a word with a broader meaning than elude:

Other hypernyms of elude include amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex.

elude (verb)	mystify (verb)
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)	make mysterious
escape, either physically or mentally	be a mystery or bewildering to
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by