sophisticate vs cultivate

sophisticate is a noun but cultivate is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sophisticate	Yes	No	Yes	No
cultivate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cultivate is a hypernym of sophisticate; that is, cultivate is a word with a broader meaning than sophisticate:

Other hypernyms of sophisticate include civilise, civilize, educate, school, train.

sophisticate (noun)	cultivate (noun)
a worldly-wise person

sophisticate (verb)	cultivate (verb)
make more complex or refined	adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive	prepare for crops
practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive	teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
make less natural or innocent	promote the growth of