make up vs confabulate

make up and confabulate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
make up	No	No	Yes	No
confabulate	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of make up include mythologise, mythologize, concoct, trump up, spin, vamp, vamp up.

make up (verb)	confabulate (verb)
apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier	talk socially without exchanging too much information
put in order or neaten	have a conference in order to talk something over
come to terms	unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
concoct something artificial or untrue
devise or compose
do or give something to somebody in return
make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point
form or compose
adjust for