excise vs excise tax

excise and excise tax both are nouns.

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

As nouns, excise and excise tax are synonyms defined as:

excise and excise tax: a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)

excise (noun)	excise tax (noun)
a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)	a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)

excise (verb)	excise tax (verb)
remove by cutting
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
levy an excise tax on