spring up vs emerge

spring up and emerge both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spring up	No	No	Yes	No
emerge	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of spring up include resurge, come forth, come, follow, swell, well up, head.

spring up (verb)	emerge (verb)
come into existence; take on form or shape	come out into view, as from concealment
	become known or apparent
	come out of
	come up to the surface of or rise
	happen or occur as a result of something