put to death vs crucify

put to death and crucify both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
put to death	No	No	Yes	No
crucify	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, crucify is a hyponym of put to death; that is, crucify is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than put to death:

Other hyponyms of put to death include burn, hang, string up.

put to death (verb)	crucify (verb)
kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment	criticize harshly or violently
	treat cruelly
	hold within limits and control
	kill by nailing onto a cross