go down vs give out

go down and give out both are verbs.

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

As verbs, give out is a hypernym of go down; that is, give out is a word with a broader meaning than go down:

Other hypernyms of go down include break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give way, go, go bad.

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