arouse vs bless

arouse and bless both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
arouse	No	No	Yes	No
bless	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of arouse include anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict.

arouse (verb)	bless (verb)
cause to be alert and energetic	give a benediction to
cause to become awake or conscious	render holy by means of religious rites
stop sleeping	make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic	confer prosperity or happiness on
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
to evoke sexual feelings
to begin moving