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Stimulated vs Arouse - What's the difference?

stimulated | arouse |

As verbs the difference between stimulated and arouse

is that stimulated is (stimulate) while arouse is to stimulate feelings.

As an adjective stimulated

is in a condition or state of stimulation.

stimulated

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • In a condition or state of stimulation.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (stimulate)
  • arouse

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To stimulate feelings.
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  • *
  • *:“?My tastes,” he said, still smiling, “?incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet.” And, to tease her and arouse her to combat?: “?I prefer a farandole to a nocturne?; I'd rather have a painting than an etching?; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;.”
  • *{{quote-book, year=1913, author=
  • , chapter=5, title= Lord Stranleigh Abroad , passage=She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination.}}
  • To sexually stimulate.
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  • To wake from sleep or stupor.
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  • See also

    * arousal * aroused

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