Antagonize, alienate.
1. By antagonizing the views of his friends, he alienated their sympathies from him.
2. He alienated his friends by antagonizing them.
Begin, commence.
These words are often interchangeable, but commence is the more formal. Begin is the better word ordinarily.
Bring, fetch.
1. Come here and bring the book.
2. Go and fetch the book.
Define these two words. What is their common idea?