Do extricate and extract mean the same thing?

[Texas Rocks my socks off!]

Can you give an example sentence for each one? I'm trying to decide which one is more appropriate for my sentence.

 

[Amanda Toth]

Instead of trying to mediate between my brother and sister, I extricated myself from the family tension entirely and left the house for the day.

There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.

i would use extricate. it basically means the same thing.