inspiration vs afflatus

inspiration and afflatus both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of inspiration include germ, seed, source, mother, fitspiration.

inspiration (noun)	afflatus (noun)
the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing	a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration
arousing to a particular emotion or action
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