initialize vs dissever

initialize and dissever both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
initialize	No	No	Yes	No
dissever	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, dissever is a hypernym of initialize; that is, dissever is a word with a broader meaning than initialize:

Other hypernyms of initialize include carve up, divide, separate, split, split up.

initialize (verb)	dissever (verb)
divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data	separate into parts or portions
assign an initial value to a computer program