mark out vs confine

mark out and confine both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mark out	No	No	Yes	No
confine	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, confine is a hypernym of mark out; that is, confine is a word with a broader meaning than mark out:

Other hypernyms of mark out include bound, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel.

mark out (verb)	confine (verb)
set boundaries to and delimit	place limits on (extent or amount or access)
	to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
	prevent from leaving or from being removed
	deprive of freedom; take into confinement
	close in