straiten vs put out

straiten and put out both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
straiten	No	No	Yes	No
put out	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, put out is a hypernym of straiten; that is, put out is a word with a broader meaning than straiten:

straiten: bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
put out: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to

Other hypernyms of straiten include bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, trouble.

straiten (verb)	put out (verb)
squeeze together	administer an anesthetic drug to
bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship	thrust or extend out
	prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
	retire
	deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
	cause to be out on a fielding play
	put out considerable effort
	to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
	be sexually active
	put out, as of a candle or a light