tumefy vs distend

tumefy and distend both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tumefy	No	No	Yes	No
distend	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, distend is a hyponym of tumefy; that is, distend is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tumefy:

Other hyponyms of tumefy include belly, belly out, blow up, puff, puff out, puff up, bloat, blister, vesicate.

tumefy (verb)	distend (verb)
expand abnormally	become wider
cause to become very swollen	swell from or as if from internal pressure
	cause to expand as if by internal pressure