famish vs give-up the ghost

famish and give-up the ghost both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
famish	No	No	Yes	No
give-up the ghost	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, give-up the ghost is a hypernym of famish; that is, give-up the ghost is a word with a broader meaning than famish:

famish: die of food deprivation
give-up the ghost: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

famish (verb)	give-up the ghost (verb)
be hungry; go without food	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
die of food deprivation
deprive of food