excite vs inspire

excite and inspire both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
excite	No	No	Yes	No
inspire	No	No	Yes	No

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

excite (verb)	inspire (verb)
act as a stimulant	draw in (air)
produce a magnetic field in	fill with revolutionary ideas
raise to a higher energy level	serve as the inciting cause of
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of	spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
to evoke sexual feelings	supply the inspiration for
arouse or elicit a feeling	heighten or intensify
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
stir feelings in