muck up vs fail

muck up and fail both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
muck up	No	No	Yes	No
fail	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hypernyms of muck up include go wrong, miscarry.

muck up (verb)	fail (verb)
soil with mud, muck, or mire	stop operating or functioning
make a mess of, destroy or ruin	deteriorate
	prove insufficient
	disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
	become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close
	be unsuccessful
	fail to get a passing grade
	fail to do something; leave something undone
	judge unacceptable
	be unable
	fall short in what is expected