conflagrate vs light up

conflagrate and light up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
conflagrate	No	No	Yes	No
light up	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, light up is a hyponym of conflagrate; that is, light up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than conflagrate:

Other hyponyms of conflagrate include blow out, catch.

conflagrate (verb)	light up (verb)
start to burn or burst into flames	introduce light into
cause to start burning	begin to smoke
	become clear
	start to burn with a bright flame
	ignite