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Elation vs Extasy - What's the difference?

elation | extasy |

As nouns the difference between elation and extasy

is that elation is an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism while extasy is .

elation

English

Noun

  • An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism.
  • A feeling of joy and pride.
  • A collineation that fixes all points on a line (called its axis) and all lines though a point on the axis (called its center).

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    extasy

    English

    Noun

    • 1749' ''the sweet youth, overpower'd with the '''extasy , died away in my arms'' — John Cleland, ''Memoirs of Fanny Hill