multiply vs pullulate

multiply and pullulate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
multiply	No	No	Yes	Yes
pullulate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, pullulate is a hyponym of multiply; that is, pullulate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than multiply:

multiply (verb)	pullulate (verb)
have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)	breed freely and abundantly
have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant	produce buds, branches, or germinate
combine or increase by multiplication	become abundant; increase rapidly
make multiple copies of	move in large numbers
combine by multiplication	be teeming, be abuzz

multiply (adverb)	pullulate (adverb)
in several ways; in a multiple manner