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Excitement vs Exciton - What's the difference?

excitement | exciton |

As nouns the difference between excitement and exciton

is that excitement is (uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused) while exciton is (physics) a bound state of an electron and an electron hole in an insulator or semiconductor.

excitement

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
  • * E.A. Poe, '' The unparalelled adventure of one Hans Pfaal':
    • By late accounts from Rotterdam, that city seems to be in a high state of philosophical excitement .
  • (countable) something that excites.

    • exciton

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) A bound state of an electron and an electron hole in an insulator or semiconductor

    • Derived terms

    * excitonic * excitonically * excitonics * orthoexciton * paraexciton

    See also

    * ("exciton" on Wikipedia) ----