scend vs move up

scend and move up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scend	No	No	Yes	No
move up	No	No	Yes	No

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

scend: rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave
move up: move upward

Other hypernyms of scend include arise, come up, go up, lift, rise, uprise.

scend (verb)	move up (verb)
rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave	move upward
	move to a better position in life or to a better job