dig up vs exhume

dig up and exhume both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dig up	No	No	Yes	No
exhume	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of dig up include grub out, grub up, nuzzle, disinter.

dig up (verb)	exhume (verb)
find by digging in the ground	dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
remove, harvest, or recover by digging