fire up vs provoke

fire up and provoke both are verbs.

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

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

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

fire up (verb)	provoke (verb)
begin to smoke	provide the needed stimulus for
arouse or excite feelings and passions	evoke or provoke to appear or occur
	call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
	annoy continually or chronically