germ vs inspiration

germ and inspiration both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
germ	Yes	No	No	No
inspiration	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, inspiration is a hypernym of germ; that is, inspiration is a word with a broader meaning than germ:

germ (noun)	inspiration (noun)
a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use	the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism	arousing to a particular emotion or action
anything that provides inspiration for later work	a product of your creative thinking and work
	(theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings
	a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem
	arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity