daisy-chain vs link up

daisy-chain and link up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
daisy-chain	No	No	Yes	No
link up	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, link up is a hypernym of daisy-chain; that is, link up is a word with a broader meaning than daisy-chain:

daisy-chain: connect devices on a part of a chip or circuit board in a computer
link up: connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces

Other hypernyms of daisy-chain include connect, link, tie.

daisy-chain (verb)	link up (verb)
connect devices on a part of a chip or circuit board in a computer	make a logical or causal connection
	connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
	be or become joined or united or linked