cough out vs spew

cough out and spew both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cough out	No	No	Yes	No
spew	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, spew is a hyponym of cough out; that is, spew is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cough out:

Other hyponyms of cough out include cough, ptyalise, ptyalize, spit, spue, spit out, splutter, sputter.

cough out (verb)	spew (verb)
discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth	eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
	expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
	eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical