exaggerate vs blow up

exaggerate and blow up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
exaggerate	No	No	Yes	No
blow up	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, blow up is a hyponym of exaggerate; that is, blow up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than exaggerate:

exaggerate (verb)	blow up (verb)
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth	make large
do something to an excessive degree	exaggerate or make bigger
	to swell or cause to enlarge
	cause to burst with a violent release of energy
	fill with gas or air
	burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
	add details to
	get very angry and fly into a rage