arouse vs overcome

arouse and overcome both are verbs.

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

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

arouse (verb)	overcome (verb)
cause to be alert and energetic	get on top of; deal with successfully
cause to become awake or conscious	overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
stop sleeping	win a victory over
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic	overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
to evoke sexual feelings
to begin moving