embellish vs overstate

embellish and overstate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
embellish	No	No	Yes	No
overstate	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hypernyms of embellish include amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw.

embellish (verb)	overstate (verb)
make more beautiful	to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
add details to
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
be beautiful to look at