Ecstasy vs. Pleasure — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ecstasy and Pleasure
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Ecstasy
Intense joy or delight.
Pleasure
Pleasure refers to experience that feels good, that involves the enjoyment of something. It contrasts with pain or suffering, which are forms of feeling bad.
Ecstasy
A state of emotion so intense that one is carried beyond rational thought and self-control
An ecstasy of rage.
Pleasure
A feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment
She smiled with pleasure at being praised
Ecstasy
The trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
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Pleasure
Used or intended for entertainment rather than business
Pleasure boats
Ecstasy
Often Ecstasy(Slang) MDMA.
Pleasure
Give sexual enjoyment or satisfaction to
Tell me what will pleasure you
Ecstasy
Intense pleasure.
Pleasure
The state or feeling of being pleased or gratified.
Ecstasy
A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control.
Pleasure
A source of enjoyment or delight
The graceful skaters were a pleasure to watch.
Ecstasy
A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
Pleasure
Amusement, diversion, or worldly enjoyment
"Pleasure ... is a safer guide than either right or duty" (Samuel Butler).
Ecstasy
(obsolete) Violent emotion or distraction of mind; excessive grief from anxiety; insanity; madness.
Pleasure
Sensual gratification or indulgence.
Ecstasy
(slang) The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form.
Pleasure
One's preference or wish
What is your pleasure?.
Ecstasy
A state in which sensibility, voluntary motion, and (largely) mental power are suspended; the body is erect and inflexible;
Pleasure
To give pleasure or enjoyment to; gratify
Our host pleasured us with his company.
Ecstasy
(intransitive) To experience intense pleasure.
Pleasure
To take pleasure; delight
The hiker paused, pleasuring in the sounds of the forest.
Ecstasy
(transitive) To cause intense pleasure in.
Pleasure
To go in search of pleasure or enjoyment.
Ecstasy
The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries.
Like a mad prophet in an ecstasy.
This is the very ecstasy of love.
Pleasure
(uncountable) A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.
He remembered with pleasure his home and family.
I get a lot of pleasure from watching others work hard while I relax.
Ecstasy
Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight.
He on the tender grassWould sit, and hearken even to ecstasy.
Pleasure
(countable) A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.
It was a pleasure to meet you.
Having a good night's sleep is one of life's little pleasures.
Ecstasy
Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness.
That unmatched form and feature of blown youthBlasted with ecstasy.
Our words will but increase his ecstasy.
Pleasure
(uncountable) One's preference.
What is your pleasure: coffee or tea?
Ecstasy
A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected.
Pleasure
The will or desire of someone or some agency in power.
To hold an office at pleasure: to hold it indefinitely until it is revoked
At Congress's pleasure: whenever or as long as Congress desires
Ecstasy
To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm.
The most ecstasied order of holy . . . spirits.
Pleasure
Pleased to meet you, "It's my pleasure"
Ecstasy
A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion;
Listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture
Pleasure
(transitive) To give or afford pleasure to.
Ecstasy
A state of elated bliss
Pleasure
(transitive) To give sexual pleasure to.
Johnny pleasured Jackie with his mouth last night.
Ecstasy
Street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
Pleasure
To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure.
To go pleasuring
Pleasure
The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; - opposed to pain, sorrow, etc.
At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Pleasure
Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; - opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc.
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man.
Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God.
Pleasure
What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose.
Use your pleasure; if your love do not presuade you to come, let not my letter.
Pleasure
That which pleases; a favor; a gratification.
Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure
Pleasure
To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.
[Rolled] his hoop to pleasure Edith.
Pleasure
To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring.
Pleasure
A fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience;
He was tingling with pleasure
Pleasure
Something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness;
A joy to behold
The pleasure of his company
The new car is a delight
Pleasure
A formal expression;
He serves at the pleasure of the President
Pleasure
An activity that affords enjoyment;
He puts duty before pleasure
Pleasure
Sexual gratification;
He took his pleasure of her
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