footle vs deport

footle and deport both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
footle	No	No	Yes	No
deport	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, deport is a hypernym of footle; that is, deport is a word with a broader meaning than footle:

footle: act foolishly, as by talking nonsense
deport: behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself

Other hypernyms of footle include acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, do.

footle (verb)	deport (verb)
act foolishly, as by talking nonsense	behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
be about a place without any apparent purpose	expel from a country
	hand over to the authorities of another country