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Excite vs Excitant - What's the difference?

excite | excitant |

As adjectives the difference between excite and excitant

is that excite is horny; excited while excitant is exciting; stimulating.

As a verb excite

is .

As a noun excitant is

something that excites or stimulates; a stimulant.

excite

English

Verb

(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.

    Antonyms

    * relax, calm

    excitant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • exciting; stimulating
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that excites or stimulates; a stimulant
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