recalcitrate vs fight down

recalcitrate and fight down both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
recalcitrate	No	No	Yes	No
fight down	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, fight down is a hypernym of recalcitrate; that is, fight down is a word with a broader meaning than recalcitrate:

recalcitrate: show strong objection or repugnance; manifest vigorous opposition or resistance; be obstinately disobedient
fight down: fight against or resist strongly

Other hypernyms of recalcitrate include defend, fight, fight back, oppose.

recalcitrate (verb)	fight down (verb)
show strong objection or repugnance; manifest vigorous opposition or resistance; be obstinately disobedient	fight against or resist strongly