fire up vs kindle

fire up and kindle both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fire up	No	No	Yes	No
kindle	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, kindle is a hypernym of fire up; that is, kindle is a word with a broader meaning than fire up:

Other hypernyms of fire up include arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, provoke, raise.

fire up (verb)	kindle (verb)
begin to smoke	call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
arouse or excite feelings and passions	cause to start burning
	catch fire