give way vs go down

give way and go down both are verbs.

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

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

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

give way (verb)	go down (verb)
stop operating or functioning	grow smaller
end resistance, as under pressure or force	stop operating
move in order to make room for someone for something	be defeated
break down, literally or metaphorically	be ingested
	go under
	disappear beyond the horizon
	move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
	be recorded or remembered