Heighten vs Excite - What's the difference?
heighten | excite | Related terms |
To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
:to heighten beauty
:to heighten a flavor or a tint.
* 2006 , Ashley Seager,
*:If Mr Brown chooses, he could raise his estimate of the economy's "trend" rate of growth in the coming years and so heighten his hopes of tax revenues.
To stir the emotions of.
To arouse or bring out (eg feelings); to stimulate.
(physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.
Heighten is a related term of excite.
As verbs the difference between heighten and excite
is that heighten is to make high; to raise higher; to elevate while excite is .As an adjective excite is
horny; excited.heighten
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Employment rise gives chancellor a boost'', published in ''The Guardian Online , 6 December 2006
excite
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(excit)- The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.
- Favoritism tends to excite jealousy in the ones not being favored.
- The political reforms excited unrest among to population.
- There are drugs designed to excite certain nerves in our body.
- By applying electric potential to the neon atoms, the electrons become excited , then emit a photon when returning to normal.
