kick downstairs vs depute

kick downstairs and depute both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
kick downstairs	No	No	Yes	No
depute	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, depute is a hypernym of kick downstairs; that is, depute is a word with a broader meaning than kick downstairs:

kick downstairs: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
depute: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

Other hypernyms of kick downstairs include assign, delegate, designate.

kick downstairs (verb)	depute (verb)
assign to a lower position; reduce in rank	transfer power to someone
	appoint as a substitute
	give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)