adore vs idolise

adore and idolise both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
adore	No	No	Yes	No
idolise	No	No	Yes	No

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

adore: love intensely
idolise: love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol

Other hyponyms of adore include fetishize, hero-worship, idolize, revere, worship.

adore (verb)	idolise (verb)
love intensely	love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol