infatuate vs provoke

infatuate and provoke both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

infatuate (verb)	provoke (verb)
arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way	provide the needed stimulus for
	evoke or provoke to appear or occur
	call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
	annoy continually or chronically