unwind vs vegetate

unwind and vegetate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
unwind	No	No	Yes	No
vegetate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, vegetate is a hyponym of unwind; that is, vegetate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than unwind:

Other hyponyms of unwind include veg out, sit back, take it easy.

unwind (verb)	vegetate (verb)
become less tense, rest, or take one's ease	engage in passive relaxation
cause to feel relaxed	propagate asexually
separate the tangles of	grow like a plant
reverse the winding or twisting of	produce vegetation
	establish vegetation on
	grow or spread abnormally
	lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind