exhilaration vs rush

exhilaration and rush both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
exhilaration	Yes	No	No	No
rush	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, rush is a hyponym of exhilaration; that is, rush is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than exhilaration:

Other hyponyms of exhilaration include bang, boot, charge, flush, kick, thrill, intoxication, titillation.

exhilaration (noun)	rush (noun)
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy	the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
	(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
	a sudden forceful flow
	a sudden burst of activity
	the swift release of a store of affective force
	grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems

exhilaration (adjective)	rush (adjective)
	done under pressure
	not accepting reservations

exhilaration (verb)	rush (verb)
	act at high speed
	urge to an unnatural speed
	attack suddenly
	cause to occur rapidly
	move hurridly
	run with the ball, in football
	cause to move fast or to rush or race