WordCmp.com

bedizen vs dress up

dress up vs bedizen

bedizen and dress up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bedizen No No Yes No
dress up No No Yes No
As verbs, dress up is a hypernym of bedizen; that is, dress up is a word with a broader meaning than bedizen:
  • bedizen: dress up garishly and tastelessly
  • dress up: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
bedizen (verb) dress up (verb)
dress up garishly and tastelessly put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
decorate tastelessly dress in a costume
dress in a certain manner
make something appear superficially attractive
put a caparison on
Difference between bedizen and dress up

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.