stultify vs shew

stultify and shew both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stultify	No	No	Yes	No
shew	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, shew is a hypernym of stultify; that is, shew is a word with a broader meaning than stultify:

stultify: prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
shew: establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

Other hypernyms of stultify include demonstrate, establish, prove, show.

stultify (verb)	shew (verb)
deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless	establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
cause to appear foolish
prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence