take on vs profess

take on and profess both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
take on	No	No	Yes	No
profess	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, profess is a hyponym of take on; that is, profess is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than take on:

take on (verb)	profess (verb)
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect	practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle	take vows, as in religious order
admit into a group or community	admit (to a wrongdoing)
accept as a challenge	confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities	state insincerely
	receive into a religious order or congregation
	state freely