excavate vs exhume

excavate and exhume both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
excavate	No	No	Yes	No
exhume	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of excavate include grub out, grub up, nuzzle, disinter.

excavate (verb)	exhume (verb)
find by digging in the ground	dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
remove the inner part or the core of
form by hollowing
recover through digging