afflict vs grieve

afflict and grieve both are verbs.

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

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

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

afflict (verb)	grieve (verb)
cause physical pain or suffering in	feel grief
cause great unhappiness for; distress	cause to feel sorrow