arouse vs whelm

arouse and whelm both are verbs.

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

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

arouse (verb)	whelm (verb)
cause to be alert and energetic	overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
cause to become awake or conscious	to neither fail to meet nor exceed expectation
stop sleeping
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
to evoke sexual feelings
to begin moving