close up vs clog

clog vs close up

close up is not a noun while clog is a noun.

close up and clog both are verbs.

close up is an adverb but clog is not an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
close up	No	No	Yes	Yes
clog	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

close up: block passage through
clog: become or cause to become obstructed

Other hyponyms of close up include block off, blockade, barricade, barricado, barricade, asphyxiate, choke, stifle, suffocate, tie up, dam, dam up, block out, screen, earth up, land up, bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop, back up, choke, choke off, clog up, congest, crap up, foul.

close up (noun)	clog (noun)
	a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps
	any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
	footwear usually with wooden soles

close up (verb)	clog (verb)
refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent	impede with a clog or as if with a clog
block passage through	fill to excess so that function is impaired
unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of	coalesce or unite in a mass
cease to operate or cause to cease operating	become or cause to become obstructed
	impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden
	dance a clog dance

close up (adverb)	clog (adverb)
very close

Difference between close up and clog

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