intumesce vs puff up

intumesce and puff up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
intumesce	No	No	Yes	No
puff up	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of intumesce include distend, belly, belly out, blow up, puff, puff out, bloat, blister, vesicate.

intumesce (verb)	puff up (verb)
expand abnormally	make larger or distend
move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically	to swell or cause to enlarge
	praise extravagantly
	become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger