relax vs vegetate

relax and vegetate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
relax	No	No	Yes	No
vegetate	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of relax include veg out, sit back, take it easy.

relax (verb)	vegetate (verb)
become less tense, rest, or take one's ease	engage in passive relaxation
cause to feel relaxed	propagate asexually
make less taut	grow like a plant
become loose or looser or less tight	produce vegetation
make less active or fast	establish vegetation on
become less severe or strict	grow or spread abnormally
make less severe or strict	lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind
become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner