spruce up vs embellish

spruce up and embellish both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spruce up	No	No	Yes	No
embellish	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hypernyms of spruce up include beautify, fancify, prettify.

spruce up (verb)	embellish (verb)
dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion	make more beautiful
make neat, smart, or trim	add details to
	make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
	be beautiful to look at