edulcorate vs sugarcoat

edulcorate and sugarcoat both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
edulcorate	No	No	Yes	No
sugarcoat	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, sugarcoat is a hyponym of edulcorate; that is, sugarcoat is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than edulcorate:

Other hyponyms of edulcorate include honey, saccharify, sugar, candy, glaze, mull.

edulcorate (verb)	sugarcoat (verb)
make sweeter in taste	cause to appear more pleasant or appealing
	coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze