Ecstatic vs Enthusiasm - What's the difference?
ecstatic | enthusiasm |
Feeling or characterized by ecstasy.
Extremely happy.
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Relating to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion.
* Hammond
(in the plural) Transports of delight; words or actions performed in a state of ecstasy.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , III.11:
(obsolete, or, historical) Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.
* 1946 , Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy , ch. 1
Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.
Something in which one is keenly interested.
* 1968 , Central States Archaeological Journal (volumes 15-16, page 154)
* 2012 , Nicholas Joll, Philosophy and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (page 23)
As nouns the difference between ecstatic and enthusiasm
is that ecstatic is transports of delight; words or actions performed in a state of ecstasy while enthusiasm is possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.As an adjective ecstatic
is feeling or characterized by ecstasy.ecstatic
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Alternative forms
* ecstatick (obsolete) * extatic (obsolete) * extatick (obsolete) * extatique (qualifier)Adjective
(en adjective)- ecstatic''' gaze; '''ecstatic trance
- This ecstatic fit of love and jealousy.
Synonyms
* blissful * delirious * elated * euphoric * joyful * joyousNoun
(en noun)- I think that Dante's more abstruse ecstatics / Meant to personify the Mathematics.
enthusiasm
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(wikipedia enthusiasm)Noun
- The intoxication that they sought was that of ‘enthusiasm ’, of union with the god.
- My main enthusiasm is attending and seeing the progress and interest of collectors, to meet old friends, and hopefully to make new friends.
- Other Adamsian enthusiasms included: fast cars; restaurants; Bach, the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Dire Straits;
