put to work vs utilise

put to work and utilise both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
put to work	No	No	Yes	No
utilise	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, utilise is a hypernym of put to work; that is, utilise is a word with a broader meaning than put to work:

put to work: cause to work
utilise: put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

Other hypernyms of put to work include apply, employ, use, utilize.

put to work (verb)	utilise (verb)
cause to work	put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose