exclude vs ostracise

exclude and ostracise both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
exclude	No	No	Yes	No
ostracise	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of exclude include curse, excommunicate, unchurch, lock out, ostracize.

exclude (verb)	ostracise (verb)
prevent from being included or considered or accepted	avoid speaking to or dealing with
prevent from entering; keep out	expel from a community or group
put out or expel from a place
prevent from entering; shut out
lack or fail to include