substantiate vs shew

substantiate and shew both are verbs.

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

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

substantiate: establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
shew: establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

Other hyponyms of substantiate include back, back up, vouch, verify, demonstrate, establish, prove, show, document, validate.

substantiate (verb)	shew (verb)
solidify, firm, or strengthen	establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
represent in bodily form