rubricate vs illuminate

rubricate and illuminate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rubricate	No	No	Yes	No
illuminate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, illuminate is a hypernym of rubricate; that is, illuminate is a word with a broader meaning than rubricate:

rubricate (verb)	illuminate (verb)
sign with a mark instead of a name	introduce light into
decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red	make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics	add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint