push up vs protrude

push up and protrude both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
push up	No	No	Yes	No
protrude	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hypernyms of push up include jut, jut out, project, stick out.

push up (verb)	protrude (verb)
push upward	swell or protrude outwards
push from beneath	bulge outward
push violently in a specified direction	extend out or project in space