afflict vs aggrieve

afflict and aggrieve both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
afflict	No	No	Yes	No
aggrieve	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of afflict include grieve, tribulate, strain, stress, try.

afflict (verb)	aggrieve (verb)
cause physical pain or suffering in	cause to feel sorrow
cause great unhappiness for; distress	infringe on the rights of