irritate vs chivy

irritate and chivy both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
irritate	No	No	Yes	No
chivy	No	No	Yes	No

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

irritate (verb)	chivy (verb)
excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame	annoy continually or chronically
excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations