mangle vs blemish

mangle and blemish both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mangle	Yes	No	Yes	No
blemish	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, blemish is a hypernym of mangle; that is, blemish is a word with a broader meaning than mangle:

Other hypernyms of mangle include deface, disfigure.

mangle (noun)	blemish (noun)
clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers	a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)

mangle (verb)	blemish (verb)
damage or injure severely	add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective
alter so as to make unrecognizable	mar or impair with a flaw
press with a mangle	mar or spoil the appearance of
injure badly by beating