illuminate vs rubricate

illuminate and rubricate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
illuminate	No	No	Yes	No
rubricate	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of illuminate include miniate.

illuminate (verb)	rubricate (verb)
introduce light into	sign with a mark instead of a name
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear	decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red
add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)	furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics
	place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint