mutilate vs falsify

mutilate and falsify both are verbs.

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

As verbs, falsify is a hypernym of mutilate; that is, falsify is a word with a broader meaning than mutilate:

Other hypernyms of mutilate include distort, garble, warp.

mutilate (verb)	falsify (verb)
destroy or injure severely	falsify knowingly
damage or injure severely	insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
alter so as to make unrecognizable	prove false
	make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
	tamper, with the purpose of deception