harass vs rile

harass and rile both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
harass	No	No	Yes	No
rile	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, rile is a hypernym of harass; that is, rile is a word with a broader meaning than harass:

Other hypernyms of harass include annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, vex.

harass (verb)	rile (verb)
exhaust by attacking repeatedly	make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
annoy continually or chronically	cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations