shut away vs confine

shut away and confine both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shut away	No	No	Yes	No
confine	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, confine is a hypernym of shut away; that is, confine is a word with a broader meaning than shut away:

shut away: place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
confine: prevent from leaving or from being removed

shut away (verb)	confine (verb)
place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape	place limits on (extent or amount or access)
	to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
	prevent from leaving or from being removed
	deprive of freedom; take into confinement
	close in