Excite vs Enliven - What's the difference?
excite | enliven | 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.
(obsolete) To give life or spirit to; to revive or animate.
To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.
Excite is a related term of enliven.
As verbs the difference between excite and enliven
is that excite is while enliven is (obsolete|transitive) to give life or spirit to; to revive or animate.As an adjective excite
is horny; excited.excite
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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
* * ----enliven
English
Verb
(en verb)- The game was much enlivened when both teams scored within five minutes of each other.