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dress up vs prettify

prettify vs dress up

dress up and prettify both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dress up No No Yes No
prettify No No Yes No
As verbs, prettify is a hypernym of dress up; that is, prettify is a word with a broader meaning than dress up:
  • dress up: make something appear superficially attractive
  • prettify: make more beautiful
Other hypernyms of dress up include beautify, embellish, fancify.
dress up (verb) prettify (verb)
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive make more beautiful
dress in a costume
dress in a certain manner
make something appear superficially attractive
put a caparison on
Difference between dress up and prettify

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