Excite vs Canvass - What's the difference?
excite | canvass | Related terms |
To stir the emotions of.
To arouse or bring out (eg feelings); to stimulate.
(physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.
A solicitation of voters or public opinion.
To solicit voters, opinions, etc. from; to go through, with personal solicitation or public addresses.
To conduct a survey.
To campaign.
To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize.
* Woodward
To examine by discussion; to debate.
* Sir W. Hamilton
Excite is a related term of canvass.
As verbs the difference between excite and canvass
is that excite is while canvass is to solicit voters, opinions, etc from; to go through, with personal solicitation or public addresses.As an adjective excite
is horny; excited.As a noun canvass is
a solicitation of voters or public opinion.excite
English
Verb
(excit)- The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.
- 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.
- By applying electric potential to the neon atoms, the electrons become excited , then emit a photon when returning to normal.
Antonyms
* relax, calmExternal links
* * ----canvass
English
Noun
(es)Verb
(es)- to canvass''' a district for votes; to '''canvass a city for subscriptions
- to canvass''' the votes cast at an election; to '''canvass a district with reference to its probable vote
- I have made careful search on all hands, and canvassed the matter with all possible diligence.
- an opinion that we are likely soon to canvass
