excise vs nuisance tax

excise and nuisance tax both are nouns.

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

As nouns, nuisance tax is a hyponym of excise; that is, nuisance tax is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than excise:

excise: a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)
nuisance tax: a tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer

Other hyponyms of excise include sales tax, ad valorem tax, gasoline tax.

excise (noun)	nuisance tax (noun)
a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)	a tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer

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