profess vs declare

profess and declare both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
profess	No	No	Yes	No
declare	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, declare is a hypernym of profess; that is, declare is a word with a broader meaning than profess:

As verbs, declare is a hypernym of profess; that is, declare is a word with a broader meaning than profess:

profess (verb)	declare (verb)
practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about	state emphatically and authoritatively
take vows, as in religious order	state firmly
admit (to a wrongdoing)	make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official
confess one's faith in, or allegiance to	declare to be
state insincerely	announce publicly or officially
receive into a religious order or congregation	proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against
state freely	designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
	authorize payments of