tax vs excise

tax and excise both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of tax include tariff, surtax, overtax.

tax (noun)	excise (noun)
charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government	a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)

tax (verb)	excise (verb)
make a charge against or accuse	remove by cutting
use to the limit	remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
levy a tax on	levy an excise tax on
set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)