tempest vs commotion

tempest and commotion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tempest	Yes	No	No	No
commotion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, commotion is a hypernym of tempest; that is, commotion is a word with a broader meaning than tempest:

Other hypernyms of tempest include disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do.

tempest (noun)	commotion (noun)
(literary) a violent wind	the act of making a noisy disturbance
a violent commotion or disturbance	confused movement
	a disorderly outburst or tumult