subsist vs breathe

subsist and breathe both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
subsist	No	No	Yes	No
breathe	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, breathe is a hyponym of subsist; that is, breathe is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than subsist:

Other hyponyms of subsist include drift, freewheel.

subsist (verb)	breathe (verb)
support oneself	draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
	expel (gases or odors)
	reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked
	take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
	utter or tell
	manifest or evince
	impart as if by breathing
	be alive
	allow the passage of air through