cough up vs spue

cough up and spue both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cough up	No	No	Yes	No
spue	No	No	Yes	No

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

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

cough up (verb)	spue (verb)
discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth	eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
give reluctantly	expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth