furbish up vs meliorate

furbish up and meliorate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
furbish up	No	No	Yes	No
meliorate	No	No	Yes	No

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

furbish up: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
meliorate: to make better

Other hypernyms of furbish up include ameliorate, amend, better, improve.

furbish up (verb)	meliorate (verb)
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken	get better
	to make better