Excitement vs Zest - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
* E.A. Poe, '' The unparalelled adventure of one Hans Pfaal':
(countable) something that excites.
The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.
(by extension) Enthusiasm; keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.
* Young
* Gogan
The woody, thick skin enclosing the kernel of a walnut.
* 2006 , N. J. Nusha, On the edge: short stories (page 85)
(cooking) To scrape the zest from a fruit
To make more zesty
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As nouns the difference between excitement and zest
is that excitement is the state of being excited (emotionally aroused) while zest is the outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.As a verb zest is
to scrape the zest from a fruit.excitement
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Noun
- By late accounts from Rotterdam, that city seems to be in a high state of philosophical excitement .
zest
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Noun
(wikipedia zest)- The orange zest gives the strong flavors in this dish.
- Auntie Mame had a real zest for life.
- Almighty Vanity! to thee they owe / Their zest of pleasure, and their balm of woe.
- Liberality of disposition and conduct gives the highest zest and relish to social intercourse.
- The green zest of walnuts was used by the women to shine their teeth and it also gave a beautiful rust colour to their lips.