write vs hyphenate

write and hyphenate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
write	No	No	Yes	No
hyphenate	No	No	Yes	No

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

write: write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
hyphenate: divide or connect with a hyphen

Other hyponyms of write include spell out, hyphen.

write (verb)	hyphenate (verb)
communicate or express by writing	divide or connect with a hyphen
record data on a computer
contact in writing
produce a literary work
mark or trace words or symbols on a surface
write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
write music
create code, write a computer program