vegetate vs unwind

vegetate and unwind both are verbs.

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

As verbs, unwind is a hypernym of vegetate; that is, unwind is a word with a broader meaning than vegetate:

Other hypernyms of vegetate include decompress, loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend.

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