expurgate vs foreshorten

expurgate and foreshorten both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
expurgate	No	No	Yes	No
foreshorten	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, foreshorten is a hypernym of expurgate; that is, foreshorten is a word with a broader meaning than expurgate:

Other hypernyms of expurgate include abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, reduce, shorten.

expurgate (verb)	foreshorten (verb)
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate	reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
	shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth