necessitate vs govern

necessitate and govern both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
necessitate	No	No	Yes	No
govern	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of necessitate include claim, exact, take, draw, cost, cry for, cry out for, compel.

necessitate (verb)	govern (verb)
require as useful, just, or proper	exercise authority over; as of nations
cause to be a concomitant	direct or strongly influence the behavior of
	bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
	require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood