impersonate vs lead astray

impersonate and lead astray both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
impersonate	No	No	Yes	No
lead astray	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, lead astray is a hypernym of impersonate; that is, lead astray is a word with a broader meaning than impersonate:

impersonate: pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
lead astray: cause someone to believe an untruth

Other hypernyms of impersonate include betray, deceive.

impersonate (verb)	lead astray (verb)
pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions	cause someone to believe an untruth
represent another person with comic intentions	lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
assume or act the character of	teach immoral behavior to