give out vs go down

give out and go down both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
give out	No	No	Yes	No
go down	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, go down is a hyponym of give out; that is, go down is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than give out:

Other hyponyms of give out include crash, blow, blow out, burn out, misfire, malfunction, misfunction.

give out (verb)	go down (verb)
stop operating or functioning	grow smaller
prove insufficient	stop operating
give to several people	be defeated
give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.	be ingested
	go under
	disappear beyond the horizon
	move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
	be recorded or remembered