vanish vs terminate

vanish and terminate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
vanish	No	No	Yes	No
terminate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, terminate is a hypernym of vanish; that is, terminate is a word with a broader meaning than vanish:

vanish: cease to exist
terminate: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Other hypernyms of vanish include cease, end, finish, stop.

As verbs, terminate is a hypernym of vanish; that is, terminate is a word with a broader meaning than vanish:

vanish: become invisible or unnoticeable
terminate: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Other hypernyms of vanish include cease, end, finish, stop.

vanish (verb)	terminate (verb)
get lost, as without warning or explanation	bring to an end or halt
decrease rapidly and disappear	terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
cease to exist	have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
pass away rapidly	be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
become invisible or unnoticeable