tart up vs dress up

tart up and dress up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tart up	No	No	Yes	No
dress up	No	No	Yes	No

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

tart up: dress up in a cheap and provocative way
dress up: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive

tart up (verb)	dress up (verb)
dress up in a cheap and provocative way	put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
decorate in a cheap and flashy way	dress in a costume
	dress in a certain manner
	make something appear superficially attractive
	put a caparison on