infatuate vs enkindle

infatuate and enkindle both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

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