flatter vs adulate

flatter and adulate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flatter	No	No	Yes	No
adulate	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of flatter include soft-soap, stroke, bootlick, fawn, kotow, kowtow, suck up, toady, truckle, brown-nose, butter up.

flatter (verb)	adulate (verb)
praise somewhat dishonestly	flatter in an obsequious manner