warm the bench vs stagnate

warm the bench and stagnate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
warm the bench	No	No	Yes	No
stagnate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, stagnate is a hypernym of warm the bench; that is, stagnate is a word with a broader meaning than warm the bench:

Other hypernyms of warm the bench include idle, laze, slug.

warm the bench (verb)	stagnate (verb)
be out of the game	be idle; exist in a changeless situation
	cease to flow; stand without moving
	stand still
	cause to stagnate