infatuate vs kindle

infatuate and kindle both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

infatuate (verb)	kindle (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
	catch fire