window-dress vs beautify

window-dress and beautify both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
window-dress	No	No	Yes	No
beautify	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, beautify is a hypernym of window-dress; that is, beautify is a word with a broader meaning than window-dress:

Other hypernyms of window-dress include embellish, fancify, prettify.

window-dress (verb)	beautify (verb)
make something appear superficially attractive	make more beautiful
	make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
	be beautiful to look at