Excite vs Incite

We will talk about two similar sounding words today.

Excite and Incite.

To excite means to create some sort of disturbance and agitation.
He was excited to receive the ‘Best Student’s’ trophy.
She was excited to find her old pictures while cleaning up her room.

To incite means to arouse someone to act
The union leader incited the workers to go on a strike.
The class monitor incited his classmates to write an application to principal complaining about the incompetent teaching of their teacher.