shake off vs exfoliate

shake off and exfoliate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shake off	No	No	Yes	No
exfoliate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, exfoliate is a hyponym of shake off; that is, exfoliate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than shake off:

Other hyponyms of shake off include exuviate, molt, moult, shed, slough, abscise, autotomise, autotomize.

shake off (verb)	exfoliate (verb)
to remove	grow by producing or unfolding leaves
get rid of	cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters
	remove the surface, in scales or laminae
	spread by opening the leaves of
	come off in a very thin piece