modernise vs renew

modernise and renew both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
modernise	No	No	Yes	No
renew	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, renew is a hypernym of modernise; that is, renew is a word with a broader meaning than modernise:

modernise: make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to
renew: reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new

Other hypernyms of modernise include regenerate.

modernise (verb)	renew (verb)
make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to	cause to appear in a new form
become technologically advanced	reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new