inspire vs excite

inspire and excite both are verbs.

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

As verbs, excite is a hypernym of inspire; that is, excite is a word with a broader meaning than inspire:

Other hypernyms of inspire include shake, shake up, stimulate, stir.

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