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Exhilarating vs Sparkling - What's the difference?

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Exhilarating is a related term of sparkling.


As verbs the difference between exhilarating and sparkling

is that exhilarating is while sparkling is .

As adjectives the difference between exhilarating and sparkling

is that exhilarating is refreshingly thrilling while sparkling is of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.

As a noun sparkling is

act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.

exhilarating

English

Verb

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    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Refreshingly thrilling.
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    Synonyms

    * cheering * gladdening * stimulating * enlivening * See also

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    sparkling

    English

    Verb

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    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.
  • Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
  • Brilliant and vivacious.
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    • Synonyms

    * glistening, twinkling * (of a beverage) fizzy, carbonated

    Antonyms

    * (of a beverage) noncarbonated, still

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
  • * Nathaniel John Hollingsworth
    • Bright are the sparklings that beam from the dew.
  • A sparkling wine.
  • * 2011 , Michael Cooper, 100 Must-try New Zealand Wines (page 208)
    • Wines like this struggle to stand out on the show circuit, where the judges are more likely to be searching for sparklings designed in the classic Champagne mould.