bring up vs kick upstairs

bring up and kick upstairs both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bring up	No	No	Yes	No
kick upstairs	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, kick upstairs is a hypernym of bring up; that is, kick upstairs is a word with a broader meaning than bring up:

Other hypernyms of bring up include advance, elevate, promote, raise, upgrade.

bring up (verb)	kick upstairs (verb)
cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes	give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
make reference to
put forward for consideration or discussion
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
raise from a lower to a higher position
cause to come to a sudden stop
look after a child until it is an adult
promote from a lower position or rank