puff up vs acquit

puff up and acquit both are verbs.

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

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

puff up: become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
acquit: behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself

Other hypernyms of puff up include act, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport, do.

puff up (verb)	acquit (verb)
make larger or distend	behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
to swell or cause to enlarge	pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
praise extravagantly
become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger