shew vs contradict

shew and contradict both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shew	No	No	Yes	No
contradict	No	No	Yes	No

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

shew: establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
contradict: prove negative; show to be false

Other hyponyms of shew include prove oneself, prove, negate, stultify.

shew (verb)	contradict (verb)
establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment	prove negative; show to be false
	deny the truth of
	be resistant to
	be in contradiction with