excite vs wind up

excite and wind up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
excite	No	No	Yes	No
wind up	No	No	Yes	No

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

As verbs, excite and wind up are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of excite include arouse, sex, turn on.

excite (verb)	wind up (verb)
act as a stimulant	finally be or do something
produce a magnetic field in	coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
raise to a higher energy level	to evoke sexual feelings
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of	give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching
to evoke sexual feelings
arouse or elicit a feeling
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
stir feelings in