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Excited vs Longing - What's the difference?

excited | longing | Related terms |

Excited is a related term of longing.


As verbs the difference between excited and longing

is that excited is while longing is .

As an adjective excited

is having great enthusiasm.

As a noun longing is

an earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.

excited

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having great enthusiasm.
    • He was very excited about his promotion.
  • * 2011 , (Rebecca Black) featuring
    • Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday
    Today i-is Friday, Friday
    We-we-we so excited
    We so excited
    We gonna have a ball today.
  • (physics) Being in a state of higher energy.
    • The excited electrons give off light when they drop to a lower energy state.
  • Having an erection; erect.

    • Synonyms

    * enthusiastic

    Derived terms

    * excited state

    Verb

    (head)
    • 1000 English basic words

    longing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
  • The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise

    • Synonyms

    * yearning

    Related terms

    * long

    See also

    * desire * miss