unhorse vs descend

unhorse and descend both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
unhorse	No	No	Yes	No
descend	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, descend is a hypernym of unhorse; that is, descend is a word with a broader meaning than unhorse:

Other hypernyms of unhorse include come down, fall, go down.

unhorse (verb)	descend (verb)
alight from (a horse)	come as if by falling
	move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
	do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
	come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example