dress ship vs embellish

dress ship and embellish both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dress ship	No	No	Yes	No
embellish	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, embellish is a hypernym of dress ship; that is, embellish is a word with a broader meaning than dress ship:

Other hypernyms of dress ship include adorn, beautify, decorate, grace, ornament.

dress ship (verb)	embellish (verb)
decorate a ship with flags	make more beautiful
	add details to
	make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
	be beautiful to look at