inflammation vs arousal

inflammation and arousal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
inflammation	Yes	No	No	No
arousal	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, arousal is a hypernym of inflammation; that is, arousal is a word with a broader meaning than inflammation:

Other hypernyms of inflammation include rousing.

inflammation (noun)	arousal (noun)
arousal to violent emotion	the act of arousing
the act of setting something on fire	mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse
a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat	awakening from sleep
the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up	a state of heightened physiological activity