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preen vs deck up

deck up vs preen

preen and deck up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
preen No No Yes No
deck up No No Yes No
As verbs, deck up is a hypernym of preen; that is, deck up is a word with a broader meaning than preen:
  • preen: dress or groom with elaborate care
  • deck up: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
Other hypernyms of preen include attire, deck out, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up.
preen (verb) deck up (verb)
dress or groom with elaborate care put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
clean with one's bill
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