dress up vs embellish

dress up and embellish both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

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

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