Difference between an absorbance, emission, and excitation spectrum for uv-visible spectroscopy
When you have an excitation spectrum and an emission spectrum, it is for fluorescence spectroscopy. To obtain these spectra, you hold either the emission wavelength or the excitation wavelength and scan the other to gather the information. The excitation spectrum shows at what wavelengths the solution uses to produce its fluorescence. The emission spectrum shows what wavelengths are given off from the solution.

For absorbency spectrum, the solution has all the wavelengths shining on the solution, and you monitor the wavelengths of interest. The absorbency shows which wavelengths are absorbed by the solution.

The excitation spectrum has the same peaks as the absorbency spectrum; although the absorbency spectrum may have more peaks.