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Exhilaration vs Excitation - What's the difference?

exhilaration | excitation |

As nouns the difference between exhilaration and excitation

is that exhilaration is the act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening while excitation is the act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.

exhilaration

English

Noun

  • The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.
  • The state of being enlivened, cheerful or exhilarated.

    • Related terms

    * exhilarate * hilarious * Hilary

    excitation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
  • The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
  • (physiology) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation
  • (physics) The change in state as an excited state is formed by the absorption of a quantum of energy

    • Derived terms

    * excitation energy * excitation function

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