exacerbate vs inflame

exacerbate and inflame both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
exacerbate	No	No	Yes	No
inflame	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of exacerbate include irritate, cheapen, degrade.

exacerbate (verb)	inflame (verb)
make worse	become inflamed; get sore
exasperate or irritate	cause inflammation in
	arouse or excite feelings and passions
	cause to start burning
	catch fire