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puff up vs tumesce

tumesce vs puff up

puff up and tumesce both are verbs.

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

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