Impulse = a sudden desire to do something: ‘I walked out of the classroom on an impulse.’ ‘It’s unwise to act on impulse.’
Inspiration = (a source of) creative energy: ‘The inspiration for these early poems came from his relationship with Lucy Potter.’
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