aggravate vs irritate

aggravate and irritate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
aggravate	No	No	Yes	No
irritate	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of aggravate include inflame, cheapen, degrade.

aggravate (verb)	irritate (verb)
make worse	excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame
exasperate or irritate	excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus
	cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations