rankle vs rile

rankle and rile both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rankle	No	No	Yes	No
rile	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, rile is a hypernym of rankle; that is, rile is a word with a broader meaning than rankle:

Other hypernyms of rankle include annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, vex.

rankle (verb)	rile (verb)
gnaw into; make resentful or angry	make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
	cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations