exhilaration vs thrill

exhilaration and thrill both are nouns.

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

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

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

exhilaration (noun)	thrill (noun)
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy	something that causes you to experience a sudden intense feeling or sensation
	the swift release of a store of affective force
	an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

exhilaration (verb)	thrill (verb)
	fill with sublime emotion
	feel sudden intense sensation or emotion
	tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
	cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input