starve vs give-up the ghost

starve and give-up the ghost both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
starve	No	No	Yes	No
give-up the ghost	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, give-up the ghost is a hypernym of starve; that is, give-up the ghost is a word with a broader meaning than starve:

starve: die of food deprivation
give-up the ghost: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

starve (verb)	give-up the ghost (verb)
be hungry; go without food	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
die of food deprivation
deprive of food
deprive of a necessity and cause suffering