maim vs mutilate

maim and mutilate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
maim	No	No	Yes	No
mutilate	No	No	Yes	No

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

maim: injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
mutilate: destroy or injure severely

Other hyponyms of maim include mar, cripple, lame.

maim (verb)	mutilate (verb)
injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation	destroy or injure severely
	damage or injure severely
	alter so as to make unrecognizable