excite vs knock off

excite

verb
  • To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate. 

  • To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level. 

  • To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in. 

  • To stir the emotions of. 

knock off

verb
  • To remove by hitting (something, someone) 

  • To rob. 

  • To defeat. 

  • To halt one's work or other activity. 

  • To have sex with. 

  • To remove, as a discount or estimate. 

  • To make a copy of, as of a design. 

  • To assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter. 

  • To kill. 

  • To accomplish hastily. 

How often have the words excite and knock off occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )