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Excitement vs Raging - What's the difference?

excitement | raging |

As nouns the difference between excitement and raging

is that excitement is (uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused) while raging is a display of rage.

As a verb raging is

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As an adjective raging is

volatile, very active or unpredictable.

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.

    • raging

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • *
  • *:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging . No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Volatile, very active or unpredictable.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A display of rage.
  • *
    • To quell the ragings of his Father's ire, / And save a guilty world from quenchless fire!