cancel vs excise

cancel and excise both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cancel	Yes	No	Yes	No
excise	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, excise is a hyponym of cancel; that is, excise is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cancel:

Other hyponyms of cancel include efface, erase, rub out, score out, wipe off, expunge, scratch, strike.

cancel (noun)	excise (noun)
a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat	a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)

cancel (verb)	excise (verb)
make invalid for use	remove by cutting
remove or make invisible	remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
declare null and void; make ineffective	levy an excise tax on
postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
make up for