stir up vs rile

stir up and rile both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stir up	No	No	Yes	No
rile	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, rile is a hyponym of stir up; that is, rile is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stir up:

Other hyponyms of stir up include beat, scramble, toss, roil, poke.

stir up (verb)	rile (verb)
provoke or stir up	make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
change the arrangement or position of	cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
arouse or excite feelings and passions
try to stir up public opinion