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puff up vs swell up

swell up vs puff up

puff up and swell up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
puff up No No Yes No
swell up No No Yes No
As verbs, swell up is a hypernym of puff up; that is, swell up is a word with a broader meaning than puff up:
  • puff up: to swell or cause to enlarge
  • swell up: expand abnormally
Other hypernyms of puff up include intumesce, swell, tumefy, tumesce.
puff up (verb) swell up (verb)
make larger or distend expand abnormally
to swell or cause to enlarge
praise extravagantly
become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
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