govern vs misgovern

govern and misgovern both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
govern	No	No	Yes	No
misgovern	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, misgovern is a hyponym of govern; that is, misgovern is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than govern:

Other hyponyms of govern include throne, dictate, reign.

govern (verb)	misgovern (verb)
exercise authority over; as of nations	govern badly
direct or strongly influence the behavior of
bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood