chew up vs criticise

chew up and criticise both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chew up	No	No	Yes	No
criticise	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, criticise is a hypernym of chew up; that is, criticise is a word with a broader meaning than chew up:

chew up: censure severely or angrily
criticise: find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws

Other hypernyms of chew up include criticize, knock, pick apart.

chew up (verb)	criticise (verb)
censure severely or angrily	find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
	act as a critic