incarcerate vs confine

incarcerate and confine both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
incarcerate	No	No	Yes	No
confine	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, confine is a hypernym of incarcerate; that is, confine is a word with a broader meaning than incarcerate:

Other hypernyms of incarcerate include detain.

incarcerate (verb)	confine (verb)
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail	place limits on (extent or amount or access)
	to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
	prevent from leaving or from being removed
	deprive of freedom; take into confinement
	close in