dress up vs beautify

dress up and beautify both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dress up	No	No	Yes	No
beautify	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hypernyms of dress up include embellish, fancify, prettify.

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

Other hypernyms of dress up include adorn, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament.

dress up (verb)	beautify (verb)
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive	make more beautiful
dress in a costume	make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
dress in a certain manner	be beautiful to look at
make something appear superficially attractive
put a caparison on