trifurcate vs ramify

trifurcate and ramify both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trifurcate	No	No	Yes	No
ramify	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, ramify is a hypernym of trifurcate; that is, ramify is a word with a broader meaning than trifurcate:

Other hypernyms of trifurcate include branch, fork, furcate, separate.

trifurcate (verb)	ramify (verb)
divide into three	divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
	grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
	have or develop complicating consequences