imbue vs infuse

imbue and infuse both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
imbue	No	No	Yes	No
infuse	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of imbue include steep, brew.

imbue (verb)	infuse (verb)
suffuse with color	introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes
fill, soak, or imbue totally	let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse
spread or diffuse through	fill, as with a certain quality
	undergo the process of infusion
	teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions