liberate vs unchain

liberate and unchain both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
liberate	No	No	Yes	No
unchain	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of liberate include unspell, bail, run, bail out, parole.

liberate (verb)	unchain (verb)
release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition	remove the chains from
grant freedom to	make free
give equal rights to; of women and minorities
grant freedom to; free from confinement