puff up vs behave

puff up and behave both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

puff up (verb)	behave (verb)
make larger or distend	behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
to swell or cause to enlarge	behave well or properly
praise extravagantly
become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger