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Exciting vs Excited - What's the difference?

exciting | excited |

As verbs the difference between exciting and excited

is that exciting is present participle of lang=en while excited is past participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between exciting and excited

is that exciting is creating or producing excitement while excited is having great enthusiasm.

exciting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • creating or producing excitement

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    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

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