infatuate vs arouse

infatuate and arouse both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
infatuate	No	No	Yes	No
arouse	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, arouse is a hypernym of infatuate; that is, arouse is a word with a broader meaning than infatuate:

infatuate: arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
arouse: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

Other hypernyms of infatuate include elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise.

infatuate (verb)	arouse (verb)
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way	cause to be alert and energetic
	cause to become awake or conscious
	stop sleeping
	summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
	call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
	to evoke sexual feelings
	to begin moving