excommunicate vs exclude

excommunicate and exclude both are verbs.

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

As verbs, exclude is a hypernym of excommunicate; that is, exclude is a word with a broader meaning than excommunicate:

Other hypernyms of excommunicate include keep out, shut, shut out.

excommunicate (verb)	exclude (verb)
exclude from a church or a religious community	prevent from being included or considered or accepted
oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree	prevent from entering; keep out
	put out or expel from a place
	prevent from entering; shut out
	lack or fail to include