sully vs vitiate

sully and vitiate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sully	No	No	Yes	No
vitiate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, vitiate is a hypernym of sully; that is, vitiate is a word with a broader meaning than sully:

Other hypernyms of sully include deflower, impair, mar, spoil.

sully (verb)	vitiate (verb)
charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone	take away the legal force of or render ineffective
make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically	make imperfect
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon	corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality