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Delightful vs Exciting - What's the difference?

delightful | exciting |

As adjectives the difference between delightful and exciting

is that delightful is pleasant; pleasing, bringing satisfaction, enjoyment or pleasure while exciting is creating or producing excitement.

As a verb exciting is

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delightful

English

Alternative forms

* delightfull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pleasant; pleasing, bringing satisfaction, enjoyment or pleasure.
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  • *:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

    • exciting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • creating or producing excitement

    • Synonyms

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