dish up vs cater

dish up and cater both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dish up	No	No	Yes	No
cater	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cater is a hypernym of dish up; that is, cater is a word with a broader meaning than dish up:

dish up: provide (usually but not necessarily food)
cater: give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance

Other hypernyms of dish up include ply, provide, supply.

dish up (verb)	cater (verb)
provide (usually but not necessarily food)	give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
	supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets