beautify vs tart up

tart up vs beautify

beautify and tart up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beautify	No	No	Yes	No
tart up	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, tart up is a hyponym of beautify; that is, tart up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than beautify:

beautify: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
tart up: decorate in a cheap and flashy way

Other hyponyms of beautify include wreathe, beset, encrust, incrust, braid, broider, embroider, stick, illustrate, garland, fledge, flight, bespangle, spangle, foliate, flag, bard, barde, caparison, dress up, bead, pipe, applique, gild the lily, paint the lily, vermiculate, smock, hang, prank, tinsel, stucco, redecorate, panel, bejewel, jewel, filet, fillet, scallop, bedizen, dress ship, dress, garnish, trim, trim, bedeck, bedight, deck, festoon, enamel, inlay, lacquer, begild, engild, gild, illuminate, blazon, emblazon, color, colour, emblazon, fringe, fret, landscape.

beautify (verb)	tart up (verb)
make more beautiful	dress up in a cheap and provocative way
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.	decorate in a cheap and flashy way
be beautiful to look at

Difference between beautify and tart up

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