slow up vs constipate

slow up and constipate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
slow up	No	No	Yes	No
constipate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, constipate is a hyponym of slow up; that is, constipate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than slow up:

Other hyponyms of slow up include bog, bog down, clog.

slow up (verb)	constipate (verb)
lose velocity; move more slowly	cause to be constipated
cause to proceed more slowly	impede with a clog or as if with a clog
become slow or slower