overcome vs arouse

overcome and arouse both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
overcome	No	No	Yes	No
arouse	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, arouse is a hypernym of overcome; that is, arouse is a word with a broader meaning than overcome:

Other hypernyms of overcome include elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise.

overcome (verb)	arouse (verb)
get on top of; deal with successfully	cause to be alert and energetic
overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome	cause to become awake or conscious
win a victory over	stop sleeping
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli	summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
	call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
	to evoke sexual feelings
	to begin moving