Inspiration vs. Inspired — What's the Difference?

The excitement of the mind or emotions to a high level of feeling or activity

Of such surpassing brilliance or excellence as to suggest divine inspiration

The condition of being so excited

Having excellence through inspiration.

The quality of being so excited, as manifested in something

Filled with inspiration or motivated.

A person or thing that moves the intellect or emotions or prompts action or invention

(religion) Infused with power or knowledge granted from a supernatural entity; possessing inspiration from the divine.

Something, such as a sudden creative act or idea, that is inspired

(of air) Drawn into the lungs; inhaled.

Divine guidance or influence exerted directly on a human mind or soul.

(obsolete) Inflated.

The act of drawing in, especially the inhalation of air into the lungs.

Simple past tense and past participle of inspire.

The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of respiration.

Breathed in; inhaled.

(countable) A breath, a single inhalation.

Moved or animated by, or as by, a supernatural influence; affected by divine inspiration; as, the inspired prophets; the inspired writers.

A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.

Communicated or given as by supernatural or divine inspiration; having divine authority; hence, sacred, holy; - opposed to uninspired, profane, or secular; as, the inspired writings, that is, the Scriptures.

The act of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.

Moved to a higher level of thought, creativity, or motivation.

A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.

Of such surpassing excellence as to suggest divine inspiration;

A new idea, especially one which arises suddenly and is clever or creative.

The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; - the opposite of expiration.

The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc.

A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.

Arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity

A product of your creative thinking and work;

A sudden intuition as part of solving a problem

(theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings;

Arousing to a particular emotion or action

The act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing