confine vs lock up

confine and lock up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
confine	No	No	Yes	No
lock up	No	No	Yes	No

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

confine: prevent from leaving or from being removed
lock up: place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

Other hyponyms of confine include cabin, closet, coop in, coop up, lock, lock away, lock in, put away, shut away, shut up, lock in, seal in.

confine (verb)	lock up (verb)
place limits on (extent or amount or access)	place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement	secure by locking
prevent from leaving or from being removed
deprive of freedom; take into confinement
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