steel oneself against vs inure

steel oneself against and inure both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
steel oneself against	No	No	Yes	No
inure	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, inure is a hypernym of steel oneself against; that is, inure is a word with a broader meaning than steel oneself against:

steel oneself against: prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant
inure: cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate

Other hypernyms of steel oneself against include harden, indurate.

steel oneself against (verb)	inure (verb)
prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant	cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate