come up vs accost

accost vs come up

come up and accost both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
come up	No	No	Yes	No
accost	No	No	Yes	No

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

come up: move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
accost: speak to someone

Other hyponyms of come up include emanate, address, come up to, approach, come near, approach, come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near.

come up (verb)	accost (verb)
result or issue	approach with an offer of sexual favors
start running, functioning, or operating	speak to someone
gather or bring together
gather (money or other resources) together over time
bring forth, usually something desirable
come up, of celestial bodies
come to the surface
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
move upward
get something or somebody for a specific purpose
originate or come into being
be mentioned

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