ignite vs conflagrate

ignite and conflagrate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ignite	No	No	Yes	No
conflagrate	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of ignite include fire up, light, light up, reignite, enkindle, inflame, kindle, light up, flare up.

As verbs, ignite and conflagrate are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of ignite include catch fire, combust, erupt, take fire.

ignite (verb)	conflagrate (verb)
start or maintain a fire in	start to burn or burst into flames
arouse or excite feelings and passions	cause to start burning
cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
start to burn or burst into flames