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Excited vs Hyper - What's the difference?

excited | hyper |

As adjectives the difference between excited and hyper

is that excited is having great enthusiasm while hyper is short for hyperactive.

As a verb excited

is past participle of lang=en.

As a noun hyper is

short for hyperspace.

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

    (head)
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    hyper

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (colloquial) Short for hyperactive

    • Noun

    (-)
  • (science fiction) Short for hyperspace
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