inspiration vs arousal

inspiration and arousal both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of inspiration include rousing.

inspiration (noun)	arousal (noun)
the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing	the act of arousing
arousing to a particular emotion or action	mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse
a product of your creative thinking and work	awakening from sleep
(theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings	a state of heightened physiological activity
a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem
arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity