window-dress vs embellish

window-dress and embellish both are verbs.

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

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

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

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