surpass vs vanquish

surpass and vanquish both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
surpass	No	No	Yes	No
vanquish	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, vanquish is a hypernym of surpass; that is, vanquish is a word with a broader meaning than surpass:

Other hypernyms of surpass include beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce.

surpass (verb)	vanquish (verb)
be or do something to a greater degree	come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
move past
distinguish oneself
be greater in scope or size than some standard