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Exhilarating vs Ecstatic - What's the difference?

exhilarating | ecstatic |

As adjectives the difference between exhilarating and ecstatic

is that exhilarating is refreshingly thrilling while ecstatic is feeling or characterized by ecstasy.

As a verb exhilarating

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun ecstatic is

transports of delight; words or actions performed in a state of ecstasy.

exhilarating

English

Verb

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    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Refreshingly thrilling.
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    Synonyms

    * cheering * gladdening * stimulating * enlivening * See also

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    ecstatic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ecstatick (obsolete) * extatic (obsolete) * extatick (obsolete) * extatique (qualifier)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Feeling or characterized by ecstasy.
  • Extremely happy.
  • *
  • Relating to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion.
    • ecstatic''' gaze; '''ecstatic trance
  • * Hammond
    • This ecstatic fit of love and jealousy.

    Synonyms

    * blissful * delirious * elated * euphoric * joyful * joyous

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (in the plural) Transports of delight; words or actions performed in a state of ecstasy.
  • * 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , III.11:
    • I think that Dante's more abstruse ecstatics / Meant to personify the Mathematics.