Exalt vs Excite - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between exalt and excite

is that exalt is to honor; to hold in high esteem while excite is to arouse or bring out (eg feelings); to stimulate.

(en verb)

To honor; to hold in high esteem.

They exalted their queen.

To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.

The man was exalted from a humble carpenter to a minister.

* exaltedly * exaltedness * exalter

(excit)

To stir the emotions of.

The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.

To arouse or bring out (eg feelings); to stimulate.

Favoritism tends to excite jealousy in the ones not being favored.

The political reforms excited unrest among to population.

There are drugs designed to excite certain nerves in our body.

(physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.

By applying electric potential to the neon atoms, the electrons become excited , then emit a photon when returning to normal.

* relax, calm

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