promote vs conduce

promote and conduce both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
promote	No	No	Yes	No
conduce	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of promote include connive at, wink at, cultivate, foster, further, spur, help, carry, feed, contribute, lead.

promote (verb)	conduce (verb)
make publicity for; try to sell (a product)	be conducive to
change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent
be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
contribute to the progress or growth of