arouse vs wake

arouse is not a noun while wake is a noun.

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

As verbs, arouse and wake are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of arouse include awaken, rouse, wake up, waken.

As verbs, arouse and wake are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of arouse include awake, awaken, come alive, wake up, waken.

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

arouse (noun)	wake (noun)
	a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
	the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
	the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)

arouse (verb)	wake (verb)
cause to be alert and energetic	be awake, be alert, be there
cause to become awake or conscious	stop sleeping
stop sleeping	cause to become awake or conscious
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic	to alert someone to something
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)	arouse or excite feelings and passions
to evoke sexual feelings
to begin moving