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Pleasure vs Excitement - What's the difference?

pleasure | excitement |

In uncountable terms the difference between pleasure and excitement

is that pleasure is one's preference while excitement is the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).

In countable terms the difference between pleasure and excitement

is that pleasure is a person, thing or action that causes enjoyment while excitement is something that excites.

As an interjection pleasure

is pleased to meet you.

As a verb pleasure

is to give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.

pleasure

English

(wikipedia pleasure)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) A state of being pleased.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=April 22, author=Sam Sheringham, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Liverpool 0-1 West Brom , passage=But the only statistic that will concern West Brom will be the scoreline, and their manager Roy Hodgson will take considerable pleasure from a victory over the club he managed for just 191 days.}}
  • (countable) A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.
  • * Bible, (w) xxv. 9
    • Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
    • , volume=188, issue=23, page=19, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Money just makes the rich suffer , passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures , the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]}}
  • (uncountable) One's preference.
  • (formal, uncountable) The will or desire of someone or some agency in power.
  • * Bible, (w) xlviii. 14
    • He will do his pleasure on Babylon.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • Use your pleasure ; if your love do not persuade you to come, let not my letter.

    Synonyms

    * (state of mind ) delight, gladness, gratification, happiness, indulgence, satisfaction * (person or thing that causes enjoyment ): delight, joy * (preference ) desire, fancy, want, will, wish * (will or desire of party in power ) discretion

    Antonyms

    * pain * displeasure

    Derived terms

    * antipleasure * at Her Majesty's pleasure, at His Majesty's pleasure * at one's pleasure, at pleasure * business before pleasure * do someone a pleasure * do someone the pleasure of * during Her Majesty's pleasure, during His Majesty's pleasure * during one's pleasure, during pleasure * end-pleasure * English pleasure * fore-pleasure * gold of pleasure, gold-of-pleasure, gold-pleasure * it's a pleasure * lady of pleasure * man of pleasure * may I have the pleasure * my pleasure * pleasurable * pleasurance * pleasure barge * pleasure boat * pleasure-carriage * pleasure center, pleasure centre * pleasure craft * pleasure cruise * pleasure curve * pleasured * pleasure dome * pleasuredrome * pleasureful * pleasure-giving * pleasure ground * pleasurehood * pleasure house * the pleasure is all mine, the pleasure's all mine * the pleasure is mine, the pleasure's mine * pleasureless * pleasure-loving * pleasurement * pleasure moment * pleasuremonger * pleasure of someone's company * pleasure-pain principle * pleasure principle * pleasurer * pleasure-seeker * pleasure-seeking * pleasures of the flesh * pleasures of the table * pleasure steamer * pleasure trip * pleasure-unpleasure principle * pleasuring * pleasurist * pleasurous * sexual pleasure * to one's pleasure, to pleasure * unpleasure * western pleasure * with pleasure * woman of pleasure

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • pleased to meet you

    • Related terms

    * displeasure * please * pleasant

    Verb

    (pleasur)
  • To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • * Tennyson
    • [Rolled] his hoop to pleasure Edith.
  • to give pleasure (especially sexual pleasure) to
    • Johnny pleasured Jackie orally last night.
  • (dated) To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure.
    • to go pleasuring

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    excitement

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
  • * E.A. Poe, '' The unparalelled adventure of one Hans Pfaal':
    • By late accounts from Rotterdam, that city seems to be in a high state of philosophical excitement .
  • (countable) something that excites.