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Excite vs Refresh - What's the difference?

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Excite is a related term of refresh.


As verbs the difference between excite and refresh

is that excite is while refresh is to renew or revitalize.

As an adjective excite

is horny; excited.

As a noun refresh is

the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.

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

    Related terms

    * excitement

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    refresh

    English

    Verb

    (wikipedia refresh) (es)
  • To renew or revitalize.
    • Sleep refreshes the body and the mind.
  • (computing) To reload a document and show any new changes, especially a webpage on the internet.
  • * 2007 , Beth Harbison, Shoe Addicts Anonymous
    • She refreshed the page. She was still the high bidder. Good.
  • (computing) To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
  • * 2007 , Philip C Plumlee, Test Driven Ajax (on Rails)
    • You can save your code, refresh your browser, and see a change instantly. This simple trick turns a lowly web browser into a development environment
  • To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.

    • Anagrams

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    Noun

    (es)
  • The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
  • (computing) The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.