innovate vs open up

innovate and open up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
innovate	No	No	Yes	No
open up	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of innovate include phase in, pioneer, debut.

innovate (verb)	open up (verb)
bring something new to an environment	make available
	become available
	talk freely and without inhibition
	cause to open or to become open
	become open
	open up an area or prepare a way
	start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning