put away vs get rid of

put away and get rid of both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
put away	No	No	Yes	No
get rid of	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, get rid of is a hypernym of put away; that is, get rid of is a word with a broader meaning than put away:

Other hypernyms of put away include remove.

put away (verb)	get rid of (verb)
turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily	terminate, end, or take out
eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food	dispose of
kill gently, as with an injection	do away with
place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
stop using
throw or cast away
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail