indirect tax vs excise

indirect tax and excise both are nouns.

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

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

indirect tax: a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations
excise: a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)

Other hyponyms of indirect tax include hidden tax, duty, tariff, excise tax.

indirect tax (noun)	excise (noun)
a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations	a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)

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